Perhaps this is amusing, or perhaps this is another theft of FlyerTalkers' and/or IB's intellectual property, but I discovered this via a Google search:

http://tripfly.org/discussion/21325/...ntina-flights/

It seemed strangely familiar, emphasis on "strange," since it appears to be a "Babelfenglish" version of this FT thread (i.e., run through a translator twice):

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683978

Compare what iahphx wrote:

"As I mentioned before, on several ocassions, I've tried to book fares that are shown to be available on certain flights. Most of the time, as I'm completing my reservation, I get an error message, and the seats mysteriously disappear from inventory if I run the search again!"

to what "doemioes," her/his alternate-universe doppelganger, wrote:

"As I mentioned before, on several ocassions, I've constant to paperback fares that are shown to be season on assured flights. Most of the chance, as I'm completing my quake, I get an blunder dedication, and the seats secretive Poetic evanish from stock if I run the quest again!"