Originally Posted by
mtkeller
Your problem in
#1 is
#3 : You can't book KE peak date flights on a SkyTeam award. If you need to book KE peak dates, then you can't include partner flights.
In terms of
#2 , there's something weird going on here. delta.com is actually showing five and low level seats in J on ATL-NRT and a number sufficiently large that they aren't warning about it being low (so 9+) on NRT-ATL for your dates. I'd say that if you can get those to ticket, you should jump all over them and deal with domestic flights on a separate ticket.
That's extremely helpful re the peak dates and when I tested a different date with peak/non peak, your theory held true. But then this:
ATL-ICN-HKG in J 5/5 (off peak)
HKG-ICN-ATL in J 6/12 (off peak)
Priced out at 125k
Can see KE segments as available, but when I switch to Skyteam they disappear. I even tried a mix of peak and off peak. Is this because all the flights are KE?
I've got to wait to pounce on the NRT-ATL flight b/c my dates are actually in July. Just trying to get my routing down. Trying to visit NRT, DPS, and HKG. My outbound will be off peak but my inbound will be peak.