Originally Posted by
ymmot73
I wouldn't say a waste of time. Tedious, yes. But worth it. Today I booked LH 419 (Ord-FRA) and LH 710 (FRA-NRT) next week in First Class on both flights. There were many calls over the course of 2 hours to decipher out the phantom from real seats, but clearly worth the time. And since the ANA tool can't be used within 7 days, UA was helpful if not perfect
Not true. You can use ANA tool for tmrw if you want. Just reverse the search so your outbound looks like the inbound. It will show you availability starting tomorrow