Originally Posted by
Roger
I'm looking for award flights for two of us LHR/LCY-CPT next February in J or F, exact dates variable. As expected, only Y seats are available at this stage on SA, LH and LX. I'm too old to book Y. J seats are available with TK (even though ICC says no, but I know I have to try again for a different answer).
My question: should I book TK now, or is there much prospect that SA/LH/LX awards in J or F may become available? I'm not after a forecast, but rather others' experience. Thanks for your advice.
Good to see LX availability via the ANA tool. Looking at September dates, I see I could book F ZRH-CPT.
A bird in the hand etc... I would book what is available and keep looking out for an alternative.
LHR-CPT is virtually impossible to find seats on. FRA-CPT is seasonal and seemingly just as difficult. TK's IST-JNB-CPT seemingly has the greatest availability.
The various LHR-xxx-JNB-CPT options are usually more plentiful.
Personal experience:
1. Flew SAA LHR-CPT // CPT-JNB-LHR in February 2008. Seats booked in August 2007. In both cases, it was two seats randomly available with nothing either side for days on end.
2. Found seats for some friends who flew this March. LHR-ZRH-JNB-DUR // CPT-JNB-ZRH-LHR. Booked in July 2009 when there was lots of availability in F and C on the ZRH-JNB and vv legs.
Looking at Expertflyer, it appears that LX haven't released seats for next March on the ZRH-JNB and vv sectors.
I would book TK now and then swap to LX F when available.