Originally Posted by
GordonGordon
Hello ExpertFlyer Voice, Thanks for your reply. What you told me might explain why the number of seat count at expertflyer doesn't match with what my travel agent see from their system. My travel agent is Hong Kong based and has special fare allotment with UA and many airlines. My TA is one of the biggest travel agents here and is mainly using
GALILEO system & sometimes
ABACUS as well. I don't know if the two systems that my TA is using have anything to do with the seat count in difference. You know I really have no idea what GDS, GALILEO & ABACUS are about since I'm not in the travel industry.

Sounds about right, UA is hosted on Apollo which is the US cousin to Galileo. Maybe it's the "special fare allotment" which could mean custom fares and custom availability to go with it. Either way, a good test is to see what you can purchase on the HK United.com site.