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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 8:28 am
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Originally Posted by chrisjpl
The woman in Sales on the BA phone-line checked Avios availability for me, and there was *zero* Avios availability on any date, in any class, from UUD or IKT to DME.

She wouldn't say anything beyond "there's no availability right now", but that situation feels to me as if S7 just aren't actually offering up reward Seats to Oneworld partners - or at least not on those routes.
S7 Award Availability does exist on both of those routes:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.3/Diamond - Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]
Code:
UUD  Ulan-Ude RU [UIUU]
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY SEN QQS ZLS XQE
WED  01 Oct 2014 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
S7         116     UUD   09:25     DME   11:10          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     232     DME   17:15     LHR   18:05          0   FS+  CS-  WS+  YS+
S7         116     UUD   09:25     DME   11:10          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     234     DME   19:25     LHR   20:25          0   FS-  CS-  WS-  YS+
S7         116     UUD   09:25     DME   11:10          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> AB     8395    DME   14:45     DUS   16:05          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     945     DUS   20:40     LHR   21:00          0   FS-  CS+  WS-  YS+
S7         116     UUD   09:25     DME   11:10          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> AB     8353    DME   17:05     TXL   17:50          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     995     TXL   20:45     LHR   21:35          0   FS-  CS+  WS-  YS+
[KVS Availability Tool 7.4.3/Diamond - Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA-SP1]
Code:
IKT  Irkutsk RU [UIII]
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY SEN QQS ZLS XQE
WED  01 Oct 2014 | 1 Seat

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive         St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  ------------------
S7         777     IKT   09:35     DME   11:00          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     232     DME   17:15     LHR   18:05          0   FS+  CS-  WS+  YS+
S7         777     IKT   09:35     DME   11:00          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     234     DME   19:25     LHR   20:25          0   FS-  CS-  WS-  YS+
S7         775     IKT   18:30     DME   19:45          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     236     DME   05:50 +1  LHR   06:55 +1       0   FS-  CS-  WS+  YS+
S7         777     IKT   09:35     DME   11:00          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> AB     8395    DME   14:45     DUS   16:05          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     945     DUS   20:40     LHR   21:00          0   FS-  CS+  WS-  YS+
S7         775     IKT   18:30     DME   19:45          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> IB     3143    DME   07:00 +1  MAD   10:20 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
 -> IB     3176    MAD   13:30 +1  LHR   15:00 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
S7         775     IKT   18:30     DME   19:45          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> IB     3143    DME   07:00 +1  MAD   10:20 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
 -> IB     3172    MAD   14:40 +1  LHR   16:10 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
S7         775     IKT   18:30     DME   19:45          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> IB     3143    DME   07:00 +1  MAD   10:20 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
 -> IB     3166    MAD   15:55 +1  LHR   17:20 +1       0   FS-  CS+  WS/  YS-
S7         777     IKT   09:35     DME   11:00          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> AB     8353    DME   17:05     TXL   17:50          0   FS-  CS-  WS/  YS+
 -> BA     995     TXL   20:45     LHR   21:35          0   FS-  CS+  WS-  YS+
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