Originally Posted by
Roka
Why is it that there is on some days a substantial difference in reward availability for the same BA flight using AA miles versus BA miles. For example, on May 14 from JFK/EWR to LHR, AA has BA184, BA112, BA174 and several other BA flights available in F using miles. But none of those BA flights are availabile on BA.com; BA has no F reward availability at all that day. I have checked AA availability both using the "Awards/OneWorld" KVS search engine and also by calling AA directly. The BA NON-availability I confirmed both on BA.com on also the KVS BA search tool.
Sounds like an issue with the BA engine:
[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]
Code:
NYC New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA
LON London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP
SAT 14 May 2011 | 1 Seat
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------
BA 178 JFK 08:00 LHR 19:40 744 FS- CS- WS- YS+
BA 114 JFK 21:55 LHR 09:35 +1 744 FS+ CS- WS+ YS+
BA 174 JFK 19:10 LHR 07:00 +1 744 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
BA 176 JFK 19:30 LHR 07:20 +1 744 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
BA 184 EWR 18:25 LHR 06:20 +1 777 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
BA 112 JFK 18:40 LHR 06:35 +1 744 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
BA 116 JFK 20:40 LHR 08:35 +1 777 FS+ CS- WS+ YS+
BA 182 JFK 22:35 LHR 10:30 +1 777 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
AA 142 JFK 09:30 LHR 21:30 777 FS- CS- WS/ YS+
BA 188 EWR 21:10 LHR 09:15 +1 777 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
BA 186 EWR 23:05 LHR 11:15 +1 777 FS+ CS+ WS+ YS+
AA 4644 LGA 15:00 YYZ 16:40 CR7 FS- CS+ WS+ YS-
-> BA 92 YYZ 18:50 LHR 07:05 +1 767
AA 3858 JFK 15:00 YYZ 16:45 CR7 FS- CS+ WS/ YS-
-> BA 92 YYZ 18:50 LHR 07:05 +1 767
[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/BA-OneWorld]
Code:
NYC New York Metro NY US = JFK LGA
LON London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY QQS QQW ZLS ZEP
SAT 14 May 2011 | 1 Seat
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive St Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- -------------
BA 178 JFK 08:00 LHR 19:40 YS+
BA 184 EWR 18:25 LHR 06:20 +1 CS1 WS+ YS+
BA 112 JFK 18:40 LHR 06:35 +1 CS1 WS5 YS+
BA 174 JFK 19:10 LHR 07:00 +1 CS4 WS+ YS+
BA 176 JFK 19:30 LHR 07:20 +1 CS8 WS+ YS+
BA 116 JFK 20:40 LHR 08:35 +1 YS+ WS+
BA 188 EWR 21:10 LHR 09:15 +1 CS3 WS+ YS+
BA 114 JFK 21:55 LHR 09:35 +1 YS+ WS+
BA 182 JFK 22:35 LHR 10:30 +1 CS3 WS+ YS+
BA 186 EWR 23:05 LHR 11:15 +1 CS7 WS+ YS+