Originally Posted by
jsloan
I wasn't suggesting that you book with Aeroplan.
I was just hoping to help firm up an idea about whether or not the space was real. Of course, that was based on an apparently faulty understanding of ExpertFlyer's data source. (I feel like that's a different message than I saw before -- either they changed providers or I misinterpreted it earlier).
No worries - didn't think you were. Only made that clarification because if it's available on ANA and SQ, one might say - well just book it there.
Originally Posted by
jsloan
I suppose you can try to get an agent to long-sell it for you. I don't know what the likelihood of success is.
I don't know how good SQ is about having phantom vs. real inventory, but at this point, a preponderance of the evidence seems to suggest that the seat you want is there. And since other LH flights are showing up fine, I don't see any reason that UA agents shouldn't be able to access the seat that you're looking for.
Tried gently guiding the agent to doing a long sell. What started as a very friendly conversation quickly turned sour. I think the agent thought I was trying to get her to call LH and ask them to release availability. With the new awardsystem, UA agents seem afraid to do anything outside of it.