Originally Posted by
SimonsMiles
My problem is exactly with the numbers - I'm booking for five people, which is quite a chore (I've probably spent 10-15 hours on this already, scary). ANA shows a max of four. From what I'm seeing, EF seems to be pretty good - one of the flights I've reserved EF showed exactly 5 seats and that's what the DC agent saw.
Perhaps it's gotten better? :-)
Is there a list somewhere of exactly what are the "booking classes" for rewards on each star alliance carrier? I'm sure I saw one somewhere but searching doesn't seem to find it for me (PEBKAC I'm sure).
-simon
The *A reward classes are:
O - First Class
I - Business Class
X - Economy Class
As you can see from ExpertFlyer, DC inventory appears to come from the Saver Award bucket so
NF / R = First Class on United via Expertflyer (O is a Business Saver award)
XC / O = Business Class on United via Expertflyer (I is a Business Upgrade award)
XY / N = Economy Class on United via Expertflyer (X is a First Upgrade award)
I would agree that the Saver availability does appear to match ANA far closer than when I was looking in Sept/Oct 09.
Where are you off to?