CX has just revamped their online booking system...besides a much better user interface...now Asia Miles and Marco Polo Club members can make award bookings online...availability is shown in real-time...

I assume all award bookings on CX, no matter using Asia Miles, AAdvantage miles, Exec Club miles, etc, all come from the same inventory pool (e.g. U for business class)...if so, that's a pretty easy way to check CX award availability real time online, instead of calling AA/BA/etc and waiting for them to check with CX ??

you can check it out at www.cathaypacific.com...

FYI - if you're not an AM/MPO member, you can enroll in AM for free online at www.asiamiles.com, although I think the new account is not activated real time...you might need to wait for a week or two before you can use it...

[This message has been edited by tedhl (edited 04-02-2001).]