Originally Posted by
skimthetrees
Read upthread, this is a known issue. AA and AS show phantom space and cannot currently be trusted to verify CX availability. Try using BA and QF to check.
Using QF/BA to check the only valid J I see on CX from SYD to JFK in November is 1J on Nov. 23. SYD-HKG-JFK with a short connection. This shows up on an AS search and I suspect would be bookable.
Edited to Add: The only pair of flights with 1J on 11/23 arrives in HKG at 3:05 pm and departs 4:20 pm. You would see this checking on QF, but added here for clarification since there are many other pairs showing on AS 11/23 that probably are not bookable.
I was looking earlier in the thread but it seemed some people said there was more phantoms and some people were saying less lol.
Thanks for the info and checking availability, much appreciated. I actually started this search on BA's and QF's websites but just could not put up with the atrocious website experience (BA gave me some error about being unable to check for availability for a flight with stopovers??)
BA *is* showing availability in PE for my desired dates. Would it make sense to book that for the desired dates and check closer to departure for J availability to open up?