Originally Posted by
irishguy28
Despite the OP's later assumptions, what I posted was normal "O" class availability for a Dutch/European-registered Flying Blue account. It has nothing to do with elite status, as you can clearly see that the regular classic rate is widely available. If the OP is seeing different availability, I suspect it has more to do with different availability being advised to North American members.
Coming late to this but testing availability to North American members, this one-way MEX-CDG search shows some March dates with O availability but clicking through shows everything to be a connection, MEX-ATL/DTW/JFK-CDG.
This close-in test certainly doesn't confirm the 'never' contention, either.