Originally Posted by
SparseFlyer
12 hours of black out is a very very very long time for airport / reservations operations.
Are you sure it's confirmed for full 12h? I thought I read up thread it's scheduled for 2, but up to 12 allocated just in case.
12 hours of reservations potentially going to OALs is a lot of money.
Airport operations are unaffected.
For passengers who desperately need to travel last minute at the most expensive fare, they can always show up at the airport and fly as a "Go Show" (no reservation) passenger. They just get listed in DCS without a reservation. Whether AC will actually allow this is another story.