FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Expertflyer wrong on D class availability?
Thread: Expertflyer wrong on D class availability?
View Single Post
Old Dec 28, 2012 | 8:41 pm
  #29  
whimike
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
10 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: West Coast, USA
Programs: Skywards Platinum
Posts: 3,747
Originally Posted by father_ted
I think we are obtaining the same results. Those instructions were necessary to show the 0935 connection, which I thought you were looking for.

EK202 has A=4 when connecting to EK658 (0315).
EK202 has A=0 when connecting to EK652 (0935).

As a further datapoint, EK202 shows A=4 for an itinerary to DXB only. This is correct as EK.com will sell a JFK-DXB-JFK revenue ticket (on EK202) for $15k, which is an A fare.

What we have here seems to be some process whereby access to A inventory for reward tickets is being limited.
When I called EK they told me all F awards come out of the Z bucket, which makes no sense as then there would be no distinction between SAVER or FLEX awards.

If they do come out of A bucket then I wonder what is necessary to decode how/where/when seats will be available.

EK202 on that date is relatively empty in F so I am not sure why they are blocking the redemption inventory.
whimike is offline  
Reply