Originally Posted by
ohliuw
So, I am looking to book award flight to HKT in December (example Dec15). For some reason, AC doesn’t give me the option to book on IST-HKT.
few observations:
- for some reason, availability on AC website for this flight seems to stop in early October
- If I login in TK website with Miles and Smiles, I see availability on Dec 15 and pretty much any other date.
- same problem if I choose BKK on AC webiste
- No problem on the AC website if I check IST-SIN
what could be the problem? Is it possible that they could find these seats if I call?
There isn't just automatically award space on every Turkish Airlines flight. Each airline in the Alliance will make a portion of its flights available for partner awards, but no route or class is ever guaranteed. So, booking with Aeroplan you'll find more Air Canada seats than you will Turkish, and vice versa.
In years of searching TK flights with Aeroplan, I've found it are NOT to see space available on trunk routes like IST-SIN and IST-CGK, but IST-HKT is not a route where I find space is constantly available.