Originally Posted by
motytrah
Is it possible to use the old "Other Carrier's Website" trick? For instance, I could search CO inventory pretty well on NW's site, but CO had some nice search features on their site if I wanted to do something really tricky with routing. I found CO Base Inventory was the same as NW inventory most of the time, so I would search CO's site first then plug the exact dates into the NW system. Could you do the same with KE?
You're missing the point---it's not (just) availability that's the issue. Even if the seats are there, DL's award routing restrictions will not allow you to book many creative routings without significant mileage penalties.