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Old Sep 18, 2016, 5:04 pm
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Originally Posted by nomorecoach
You are saying the inventory is not existent, but at the same time, SQ has better inventory?
Yes.

1. You can't book anything beyond 1 year roughly. So if you are looking for the award inventory beyond that, they do not exist.

2. SQ generally has a better award inventory than CX. At the minimum, SQ is willing to release inventory more than CX.

Originally Posted by nomorecoach
At least for SQ metal one year out, it appears that West USA to North Asia is good, but for folks in the East, CX metal might be better. Is that a fair assessment?
No. A fair guess on this is SQ does not serve East Coast as more often than CX.

However, depending on your routes, SQ's partners (such as AC, UA) will serve you better than CX and CX's partner.
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