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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Scoob72
Firstly, many thanks for taking time out to read this -- I do appreciate it.

I just hoped someone might be good enough to advise me on the following situation that I've run up against trying to book JAL with AA miles - I am trying to book flights for my Aussie mother-in-law based in Sydney in Feb 2021..

Basically, on her outbound flight (from SYD), AA was showing award space on a SYD-HND flight in J, but not in F. However, JAL, QF and BA websites were showing F space. So, I called AAdvantage Australia and managed to book an F seat on a JAL flight from SYD-HND

I am now trying to book my mother-in-law's return flight, HND-SYD.

The flight that I would like to redeem on (JL51 on Feb 19, 2021) is:
  • Within AA's booking window (circa +330/1 days), and, therefore, also within JAL's, QF's and BA's, too
  • JAL's site is showing multiple available J seats
  • QF's site is showing available J seats
  • BA's site is showing no availability
  • AA's site is showing no availability
Even though both JAL and QF sites are showing availability, should I assume that this is phantom space? I tried calling AAdvantage Australia last night, but they couldn't see any space for this particular JAL flight (JL51).

I'm just a little confused as to whether there is, or indeed, isn't award space there.

FWIW, AwardNexus:
  • Is showing award space for an OW [QF] search as follows: [QF] HND - SYD 1 x Business FR-02-19 10 hours | 7:00 PM - 06:50 AM | JL51
  • Is showing no award space for an OW [JL] search as follows: [JL] HND - SYD 1 x Business FR-02-19 no award availability on this day
If anyone had any advice about this situation, I would be ever so grateful to receive it. Many thanks in adance!

All the best
If JL and QF show space but BA and AA don't, I certainly wouldn't assume it's phantom availability. Just give it time, as you're looking right at the 330 day window, not all availability opens up across all partners at exactly the same time. Check back in a day or two or three.
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