Originally Posted by
neurosciguy
Probably a noob questions, I don't get on here much. Just checked expertflyer for a JAL flight out of LAX that shows 5 award seats in first class, while on alaska I can only book economy (business and first both listed as unavailable). Is expertflyer even useful in this partner award situations, or only if I'm booking directly with the carrier?
Airlines don't necessarily release all their award inventory to their partners. BA & QF are a good starting point. If you see availa ility there, you will most often see it on AS too. Additionally, you will find anomalies there too. Sometimes BA and/or QF will show availability and AS wont while AS might have availability and BA & QF wont. If this is a multi-segment itinerary, it may be a married segment issue too.
James