Aeroflot Business Class Unbookable on FB
Sep 21, 2017, 1:57 pm
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Aeroflot Business Class Unbookable on FB
Delta cancelled my flight from JFK to SVO on 8/1 - I see availability on the Delta website for 3 different flights on 8/1 and 8/2 with 2 business seats available - FB is claiming there are no award seats available and wants me to route through Paris - Any thoughts?? I thought if Aeroflot released award availability all partners would be able to book it?
Sep 21, 2017, 2:16 pm
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Sep 23, 2017, 8:52 pm
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Sep 24, 2017, 3:39 am
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AF (or rather FB) is not blocking anything. FB is showing what SU has allocated to FB for award redemption. If none or if the few seats allocated by SU to FB have already been booked, then nothing is shown.
There's no way you are going to force SU to release more seats to FB, so move on and choose the best option available today if you absolutely want to fly to SVO on a FB award ticket. If you wait more, the available options may not be available anymore rapidly.
Sep 25, 2017, 2:07 am
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Like I said above, SU may offer DL more availability than it offers to AFKL. There is no requirement that the same availability is offered to all partners, or on the same terms.
Jul 10, 2018, 7:19 pm
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Is Aeroflot completely blocking FB (and other partners) from booking business class awards? I see plenty of space on many flights ex-USA using Expert Flyer and their own program, but nothing at all when I called FB for weeks at a time.
Jul 11, 2018, 2:08 am
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Since April it seems SU is offering much less to non award seats to Flying Blue. And, available flights suddenly got much higher taxes on it then pre FB change.
Longhaul Business Class awards on DL flights are also hard to find (if any).
Longhaul Business Class awards on DL flights are also hard to find (if any).