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May 19, 2013 | 9:32 pm

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Dorian

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Originally Posted by FlyerGoldII

I have been tracking this route.

I am booked on HNL-YVR (and onwards to YOW via YYZ - latter 2 segments upgraded), leaving on Sun Aug 25. It is J9C4D0Z0R0.

What surprises me is that tonight's flight (leaving in 5.5 hrs) is J1C0....R0, and the flight one week from tonight (also on Sunday) is also J1C0....R0.

I am wondering how do the J class, J booking code seats get taken - unless everyone gets into J class through one of at least 2 AC flight passes and 1 AMEX Aeroplus Platinum/AC flight passes I can think of. I can not imagine the average leisure tourist (quite different than those of us frequenting this bulletin board) would buy Z class, let alone J class. Even those passengers who can afford buying business class (outside of a flight pass), how many would buy anything more expensive than Z class fares?

I know lots of people that buy Z or higher on this flight. Many very rich people use Hawaii as their family vacation location.

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