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Old Jun 7, 2005 | 12:19 pm
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jessej
 
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Originally Posted by BigLar
I've noticed this in my own fantasy bookings, and I've seen others mention it as well.

It seems that you can get award seats (US -> Europe) fairly easily transatlantic, but it's really tough to get them coming back.

Is this because there's a net influx of people into the US (and all frequent Flyers to boot ), or is it the case that the airlines are more restrictive on inventory coming this way?

If so, why?

i was on iad to cdg 2 weeks ago
here is a sample of their problem

3 flights per day IAD to CDG
but only 2 flights per day CDG to IAD

i'm unsure if there whole capacity is off balance like this
but it does point to availibility problems on certain routes
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