Originally Posted by
Padkir
Having an issue with availability on a specific Cathay flight. Expert Flyer showing loads of availability, but AA RTW desk can't see it. I have 4 Cathay segments and 3 of them were fine (lots of availability seemingly matching what I was seeing on Expert Flyer). The one causing issue is CTS-HKG on 26 June. Expert Flyer shows D7 but AA were only seeing 1 seat.
Is there any other way of checking availability other than just calling AA to check it every now and then?
For my 2 cents I had very similar issues on the same route with CX, in particular married segments for the onward CX flight were causing issues for AA. They were able to solve it ultimately by breaking the married segment, I don't think it was easy but they got there. Also note on EF there are 3 CX flights a day on that route at the moment (demand from skiing, CNY, Sapporo ice fest etc) dropping to your just one in June but as I recall for a long time when I was trying to book mid last year only 2 flights showed in Jan/Feb so possible CX may well add at least one of those back? CX gurus would be better to ask about that.