Originally Posted by
bennytma
My only point was that it is possible to book more than 2 EI award seats using UA frequent flier miles. They just have to be booked in one record.
Are you sure about that?
We have never heard from anyone having successfully booked 3 or more business class seats on a single flight, even if attempted in one booking.
My point is this - the "9" you saw must be interpreted as meaning "seat(s)" available - of which it is highly unlikely that there are more than 2 available.
It seems they make 9 seats available in Y for awards on pretty much every flight, but the CSR told me they only allot 2 per flight in J. Since I was looking for 3 seats, I got shut out.
Update: Called BA today to try and book two seats in Economy on BOS-DUB flights at the end of September/early October and was told that no Economy seats were available within several dates of my outbound or return legs. (Again, this despite the fact that 9+ seats were available for each flight as of a few weeks ago.) Two business seats were available for each day.
Originally Posted by Rodeojones
It appears as if Experflyer is having issues with their EI inventory. If you see 9 seats, that means maximum of 2.
This isn't always true, but seems to be true for business class. On the flights I was looking at, a 9 on expertflyer in business meant 2 when I called BA, but the rep would sometimes say a flight had "2 in business, 9 in coach" available. So, a 9 in coach sometimes really is a nine. I booked 4 of us in coach dub-bos. Too bad the numbers aren't more precise. It would save a lot of time on the phone.