Originally Posted by
amislove
I have Sabre access, and I've never been able to see any non-revenue classes on UA (or even CO, back in the day) flights.
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(of course, it's possible others [e.g., EF] may have access to more extended availability, but I think unlikely)
Can you see AA's award availability? Expert Flyer, contrary to numerous posts here, is not a screen scaper - EF pays for GDS access and relays that info to its subscribers. For example, with EF, I can see almost all the AA award availability; the one thing EF does not provide is the expanded (or hidden) inventory that is available to EXPs.
A year ago, AA removed the UDU/sticker upgrade inventory from view on all channels, including Expert Flyer, and there was much knashing of teeth on the AA forum.