Galapagos Availability

Old Dec 21, 2014, 12:05 pm
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Galapagos Availability

Hi,

I've been looking for flights from Quito (or Guayaquil) to the Galapagos but there is nothing available after Easter (I want to go sometime in July/August). Aerogal's other routes are available to be booked well into the Southern Winter, so does this mean that the Galapagos flights are sold-out/not available or are they likely to be added later?

If it helps, United shows lots of false availability throughout July/August and I believe Air Canada does as well (though I don't have AC miles so can't do a dummy booking on it).

Thanks.
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Old Dec 21, 2014, 2:28 pm
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That's a very hard route for mileage awards... They also can fill up their flights without offering awards...

Better book with UA or buy yourself a ticket!
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Old Dec 22, 2014, 9:22 am
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Originally Posted by Air Rarotonga
That's a very hard route for mileage awards... They also can fill up their flights without offering awards...

Better book with UA or buy yourself a ticket!
I would love to book with UA (that's where my miles are), but the availability they're showing does not exist! Thankfully LAN has some seats I can book via BA but it's much more expensive than UA/AV. I was hoping that there would be a tiny chance that Avianca pencilled the flights in then decided to temporarily withhold them until a later date (both Air Canada and United websites show them as available) but I know that's a long shot.
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Old Dec 22, 2014, 10:30 am
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In October I booked using UA miles for August 2015 travel XXX-UIO-GPS-GYE-XXX
The legs to Galapagos are only in Y.

United.com shows lots of phantom availability in J - for both GPS and SCY. They are not bookable.
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Old Dec 22, 2014, 12:25 pm
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
In October I booked using UA miles for August 2015 travel XXX-UIO-GPS-GYE-XXX
The legs to Galapagos are only in Y.

United.com shows lots of phantom availability in J - for both GPS and SCY. They are not bookable.
I guess I left it too late then. All the economy availability in August now appears to be phantom availability - errors on the website and call centre can't see it.
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Old Feb 17, 2015, 1:25 am
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GPS-UIO

Originally Posted by rankourabu
United.com shows lots of phantom availability in J - for both GPS and SCY. They are not bookable.
Is this still the case?

I tried to book GPS-UIO-BOG-MEX-YVR using Aeroplan and it wouldn't allow the GPS-UIO leg so I just booked the other legs after calling Aeroplan proved futile.

I tried to book the GPS-UIO using United miles and it showed J but I received an error message at the last page.

Is my only option a cash ticket? It's an expensive flight
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Old Feb 24, 2015, 4:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Sean22mac
Is this still the case?

I tried to book GPS-UIO-BOG-MEX-YVR using Aeroplan and it wouldn't allow the GPS-UIO leg so I just booked the other legs after calling Aeroplan proved futile.

I tried to book the GPS-UIO using United miles and it showed J but I received an error message at the last page.

Is my only option a cash ticket? It's an expensive flight
Weirdly - real I space opened up sometime in the last two weeks for my flights in August. Where before it would give the error - the ANA tool showed this time the space was real.

I was able to change my MP booking (online) - all my domestic legs (UIO-GYE, GYE-GPS, SCY-GYE) to J on AeroGal planes. ^
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Old Feb 24, 2015, 7:19 pm
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I called Aeroplan again today for Avianca GPS-UIO in October and they can see it but still can't book it.

I will keep trying....
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Old Feb 25, 2015, 2:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Sean22mac
I called Aeroplan again today for Avianca GPS-UIO in October and they can see it but still can't book it.

I will keep trying....
Clearly your issue is with Aeroplan, not Avianca availability....
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