Originally Posted by
brunos
2. AVailability can be partner dependant. For example, QR F/J availability could be there for some partners but not for others. Also, there might be phantom availability. QR has two levels of awards, standard and x2 (meaning twice as many miles). Some airline IT might pick up the x2 awards while these are not bookable as standard award. QR has special agreements with BA and AA, not CX.
I doubt QR 2X will be visible to Cathay AM (this will be akin to AA's dynamic pricing where only the most dirt-cheap rate will be visible to partners like Cathay AM)?