Originally Posted by
sfozrhfco
It was when using Emirates miles. Think they used T class for coach and A for MCS. Was able to look it up through flightstats a few months ago when I used up the rest of my EK points.
I would dearly love to be wrong about this and to discover that there is a way to check the VX award inventory online. My experience today makes me skeptical.
An hour ago, I called VS to see if I could get an F award on VX, SFO-BOS, out 9/10, ret 9/14. The agent told me that there is availability on the 11 am outbound but nothing on the return. There was availability on 9/15 for a return.
So, here's what expertflyer.com has to say about VX flight availability:
9/10, 11 am flight (VS agent said there was availability):
J2 C1 D0 W6 Q4 Z1 Y7 V7 B7 H2 E1 U0 M0 I0 L0 S0 N0
9/14 flights (two; VS agent said no award availability):
J1 C0 D0 W4 Q2 Z1 Y7 V7 B7 H4 E4 U3 M0 I0 L0 S0 N0
J2 C2 D0 W6 Q3 Z0 Y7 V7 B7 H7 E5 U0 M0 I0 L0 S0 N0
9/15 flights (two; VS agent said there was award availability, but I didn't ask which flight she meant):
J1 C0 D0 W7 Q3 Z0 Y7 V7 B7 H7 E7 U7 M7 I5 L0 S0 N0
J3 C3 D2 W7 Q7 Z3 Y7 V7 B7 H7 E7 U7 M5 I2 L1 S1 N1
I can't see how any of these fare classes square with the award inventory the VS agent mentioned. The only potential I see here is that perhaps Z-class is the award inventory, and the agent didn't notice that the earlier return flight on 9/14 had one seat available. That's possible, but this agent seemed knowledgeable to me and unlikely to make such a mistake.