Originally Posted by
BlondeBomber
Confirmed by Ben Lipsey in an email this week and reported on another thread:
"I should also mention that many of the consumer tools used to check inventory (e.g. ExpertFlyer) are not actually able to search for true IKK availability, assuming you are simply searching for R class, as Aeroplan uses a different system that checks based on different criteria, so I might be careful about drawing conclusions based on that alone."
Availability has indeed shrunk dramatically recently.
Thats awesome. Even aside from the huge reduction in benefit (hurray for Altitude 2017... anybody who thought this years program is the same, or wasn't enhanced, can think again) it is so nice that they went from a system that was working and relatively transparent to one that isn't and isn't. Do they actually think it is a good thing that we are now forced to use AE website, with the worst search engine on the planet? Crikey, what a bunch of morons. Why do they have to be such a bunch of self satisfied pricks? Why not just say IKK > 0 if R > 0 + P > 0 + C > 0 (or whatever the criteria is)? What possible purpose do your deliberate attempts to pi$$ off your best customers serve, AC? Answer that Ben.
With something other than a press release. Oh right. Never have, never will.