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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 5:11 pm
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Originally Posted by TopGunner
Is this because of the booking class AA uses to load this availability or is it BAEC making the decision because AA calls it "First" class?
AA First class award inventory = Z
AA Business class award inventory = U

For 3-class flights you see both U and Z inventory, but for 2-class flights you only see Z inventory. AA prices Z inventory on 2-class flights the same as U inventory on 3-class flights, but BA seems to price all Z at 3X regardless, which is unfortunate.
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