FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - NW will use Delta's award ticket booking system from next month
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 10:51 am
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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.
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