JL F inventory buckets
Mar 2, 2015, 7:15 am
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JL F inventory buckets
Question about normal F inventory release.
Results from ExpertFlyer.com
In these results, I see that F and A are F buckets. Normally, I'm used to seeing the higher fare class (which I assume to be F in this case) have at least as much availability as any lower fare class, if not more. So I was a little surprised to see across the board that there was more A availability than F. Is there some information I'm missing?
Results from ExpertFlyer.com
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Flight Availability Search
Departing SFO on 04/28/15 12:00 AM for HND
Flying JL on booking class F A
Frequency
Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes
0 Connections
JL 1 0 SFO HND 773 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 1:35 AM 04/29/15 4:45 AM 92% / 20m
1 Connection
JL (AA) 7555 0 SFO LAX 738 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 9:00 AM 04/28/15 10:34 AM 57% / 51m
JL (AA) 7015 0 LAX NRT 777 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 11:40 AM 04/29/15 3:25 PM 78% / 42m
1 Connection
JL (AA) 7555 0 SFO LAX 738 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 9:00 AM 04/28/15 10:34 AM 57% / 51m
JL 61 0 LAX NRT 773 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 1:20 PM 04/29/15 4:55 PM 85% / 27m
1 Connection
JL (AA) 7542 0 SFO DFW 738 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 12:55 AM 04/28/15 6:18 AM 69% / 22m
JL (AA) 7013 0 DFW NRT 777 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 11:08 AM 04/29/15 2:20 PM 75% / 41m
1 Connection
JL (AA) 7542 0 SFO DFW 738 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 12:55 AM 04/28/15 6:18 AM 69% / 22m
JL (AA) 7011 0 DFW NRT 777 Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 1:15 PM 04/29/15 4:30 PM 68% / 38m
1 Connection
JL (AA) 7544 0 SFO JFK 32B Daily F2 A4
04/28/15 10:45 PM 04/29/15 7:22 AM 74% / 20m
JL 3 0 JFK NRT 788 Daily
04/29/15 9:30 AM 04/30/15 12:40 PM 92% / 11m
Mar 2, 2015, 1:47 pm
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The inventory numbers are missing in the OP. I saw F5 A5 C9 J9 D9 X9 I9 Y9 W9 E9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9 for JL001. I believe you were referring to the JL7542 and JL7544 domestic codeshare operated by AA?
Mar 2, 2015, 2:50 pm
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Did you scroll right in the box? The inventory (which I limited to F and A only) is hidden without scrolling. I'm specifically interested in JL1, but included the other flights because they all show F2A4. What POS/source are you using for your search?
Mar 2, 2015, 3:19 pm
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I was using UK. Yes, JAL inventory is POS sensitive. US POS will result in whatever you were seeing.
Mar 2, 2015, 4:32 pm
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Mar 2, 2015, 8:23 pm
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Mar 2, 2015, 9:42 pm
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But it could also caused by syncing lag if the GDS used are different. Not sure which one EF uses but I occasionally run into inventory problems like that when I use JTB/HIS/IACE to book my tickets.
Mar 2, 2015, 10:55 pm
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That could be one explanation. I was once told that JAL inventory is highly POS sensitive. So EF (and KVS) is kind of useless for me when I have to book ex-HKG tickets.
But it could also caused by syncing lag if the GDS used are different. Not sure which one EF uses but I occasionally run into inventory problems like that when I use JTB/HIS/IACE to book my tickets.
But it could also caused by syncing lag if the GDS used are different. Not sure which one EF uses but I occasionally run into inventory problems like that when I use JTB/HIS/IACE to book my tickets.