Originally Posted by
aktchi
While searching for ORD-NRT awards, I noticed that many major carriers are missing, including Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and All Nippon. These are rather major players to/from Asia and I was surprised. Are these not available, too expensive, or some other reason?
I'm surprised that your surprised; are you new to ExpertFlyer? When you are creating your account, there is a nice link that clearly allows you to see what is available and what is not:
http://www.expertflyer.com/frequent-flyer-programs
At the above link simply review the "Airline Awards & Upgrades" section and then select the "click here" link to see a comprehensive list of all information available to you.
I can understand being disappointed, but armed with the information that EF clearly makes available prior to creating your account you should not have been "surprised" by the lack of items you called out.
It's probably very safe to assume that EF would love to offer the information you have called out if there was a viable business pathway for them to do so; they don't artificially restrict information.
Regards