There's gotta be something special about the NAN-SYD route.
Looking to tack on a flight to an existing YVR-NAN itinerary. Site shows 2 J seats available. Call in, partner desk agent says he only sees coach. I say ok, let's add that, I'll deal with business later. Booking is updated, I go online, try to switch the seat to business, fails.
Go to AA's website, it shows the two seats no problem.
Now, something interesting. I picked a different flight in the day that had availability. First time through, it gave me an error I had never seen before:
The request was not successful. See the red message(s) below.
Could not get HostSession.
Try again after a few minutes.
If you continue to get this response, our communications link to our reservation system may be offline for maintenance. The link will be restored as quickly as possible.
If you need immediate reservation information, call the Alaska Airlines Reservations call center at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522).
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The second attempt went through. And then, after that, I was able to switch back to the original flight
in J.