Air India *A Award Flights now bookable
#1
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Air India *A Award Flights now bookable
LM website seems to have been updated overnight. Able to find availability on several AI routes.
What's interesting is that intra-India flights don't seem to pull up as connections to other *A flights. For example DEL-(AI)-ICN-(UA)-SFO is available and so is BLR-DEL (AI) if searched separately. Connection time between the BLR-DEL and DEL-ICN is only 2 hours so it's not the connection time that is throwing things off.
Hope this changes! Bringing AI into the *A mix has significantly opened up the South Indian market (MAA, BLR, HYD) which used to languish for lack of *A carriers operating out of these airports. Was secretly hoping to book *A awards through LM via DEL or BOM to MAA/BLR
What's interesting is that intra-India flights don't seem to pull up as connections to other *A flights. For example DEL-(AI)-ICN-(UA)-SFO is available and so is BLR-DEL (AI) if searched separately. Connection time between the BLR-DEL and DEL-ICN is only 2 hours so it's not the connection time that is throwing things off.
Hope this changes! Bringing AI into the *A mix has significantly opened up the South Indian market (MAA, BLR, HYD) which used to languish for lack of *A carriers operating out of these airports. Was secretly hoping to book *A awards through LM via DEL or BOM to MAA/BLR
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LM website seems to have been updated overnight. Able to find availability on several AI routes.
What's interesting is that intra-India flights don't seem to pull up as connections to other *A flights. For example DEL-(AI)-ICN-(UA)-SFO is available and so is BLR-DEL (AI) if searched separately. Connection time between the BLR-DEL and DEL-ICN is only 2 hours so it's not the connection time that is throwing things off.
Hope this changes! Bringing AI into the *A mix has significantly opened up the South Indian market (MAA, BLR, HYD) which used to languish for lack of *A carriers operating out of these airports. Was secretly hoping to book *A awards through LM via DEL or BOM to MAA/BLR
What's interesting is that intra-India flights don't seem to pull up as connections to other *A flights. For example DEL-(AI)-ICN-(UA)-SFO is available and so is BLR-DEL (AI) if searched separately. Connection time between the BLR-DEL and DEL-ICN is only 2 hours so it's not the connection time that is throwing things off.
Hope this changes! Bringing AI into the *A mix has significantly opened up the South Indian market (MAA, BLR, HYD) which used to languish for lack of *A carriers operating out of these airports. Was secretly hoping to book *A awards through LM via DEL or BOM to MAA/BLR
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#7
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#8
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I think some intra-India tickets are not bookable. Tried BOM-COK and it said:
Tried by selecting AI and without. This does not happen for DEL-BOM, although after selecting the flight I could not go forward.
The itinerary you are searching for is not available at this moment. If you chose a specific airline for your search, please try with another one or dont select any to broaden your flight options.
#9
Join Date: Feb 2011
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So I found an air India award that worked perfectly for me but I kept getting errors before the payment page. I emailed the web support people and they actually managed to book me on the flights I wanted. So it's working, you just have to be prepared to deal with this extra hassle.
#10
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So I found an air India award that worked perfectly for me but I kept getting errors before the payment page. I emailed the web support people and they actually managed to book me on the flights I wanted. So it's working, you just have to be prepared to deal with this extra hassle.
I am trying to book a trip which has just 1 seat in biz, so I dont want to scre* around with award hold etc.
#12
Join Date: Feb 2011
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The back and forth between my first email and the time they actually booked the flight took about two days. Luckily, the award hasn't disappeared in the meanwhile. If you're anxious about your award disappearing maybe you should try calling and see what happens.
#14
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