From my understanding, the Freedom birds charters/contracts were expiring and not being renewed. Or at the very least they were decreasing the number of flights. For PCS orders, you will not be making those reservations. You will fill out our commands transfer package, which will include your requested travel arrangements in conjunction with what leave/travel dates you are requesting. Overseas screening, SOFA requirements, passports (no-fee), etc, are all prerequisites prior to PSD/PSA forwarding your travel request to the CTO (commercial travel office). If there are seats available on a freedom bird, they will more than likely comair you to the origin, for example LAX, and you will bag drag and cross over to the freedom bird flight to your overseas duty station. Otherwise, you will be scheduled on a comair flight to the nearest airport to you eventual duty station.
Many ppl that have big dogs or cats prefer the freedom bird for travel. As they have a limited number of slots available to transport these pets. I somehow lucked out, and neither my family nor I had to travel on the freedom bird, and we went COMAIR.
Bottom line: your command should be providing support, or contacts with the PSD to facilitate this transfer package. Even if your husband is deployed, he needs to get ontop of this, and not dumping it on you.