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Old May 1, 2012 | 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by phillystudent
JP - I'm trying to liquidate and move out. But wouldn't the D class inventory availability be the same across the board regardless of FFP, or is my understanding incorrect?
Nope, 9W is the worst airline for award redemption. Not only is it worse in terms of award ticket allotment, it also has one of the worst redemption system for partner airlines. So lets say if Delta wants to request a 9W segment, it has to prepare the complete itinerary (with confirmed availability of all other partner airlines segments) and then 'submit' the request to 9W system. 9W system comes back with 'waiting list' or 'confirmed' status in 1 min -2 hrs. This award availability is not in sync with what you see in JPMiles system. So there is no way for a partner to check D/X availability without submitting these blind requests.

Not surprising that DL has fired 9W and IT. 9W doesn't even mention on their website/ press that they are fired from DL!
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