Originally Posted by
f0zzyNUE
moreover expertflyer availability might not be accurate - it's complicated, because availabilty might be different based on the point of sale - however airlines have started to use avialability based on the point of commencement for which the availability can be different again.
in January I could rebook the inbound on an O and Z fare from SIN to NUE via CDG (only two days prior to departure - moved flight from Jan 6 to Jan 2). the rebooking options shown on the air france website did not match any availability info shown on expertflyer (no matter which POS I entered).
I’ve noticed this too on a few occasions. I wonder if this is something their team would be able to solve by extending the query parameter set. Though being able to is one thing I guess - I have found their support rather bad, and they are often unwilling to even discuss changes or improvements.
One thing to complicate these searches for complex itineraries is the married segments logic. The beta version of the EF website does a little better with this, as it also allows putting alerts on the combined segments rather than individual flights - allowing to get notified if there is availability. But it is often still a little wonky, and like you, I’ve seen availability that is consistently reported/alerted on EF but not available through AFKL.