Originally Posted by
flyerCO
It's not DL that is blocking the reservation, it's VN. Airlines don't always give all their award seats to partners. Thus if it's coming back unconfirmed it means that VN, not DL is refusing to accept the reservation.
Oddly, AF and other sources show the award inventory as available (similar to an earlier post in this thread). In my experience, AF doesn't typically show phantom VN availability. Does VN discriminate award inventory amongst partners?
-FlyerBeek