Unusual is not the word! I travel to Asia 5+ times a year and have been at it a long time. Up to this year, I always got at least close to my requirements every trip.

The nice CO agent in SLC (yes, she really tried) explored every option in my bag of tricks which is a formidable list. We both "brainstormed" and were at it for over half an hour. I even explored partner routings via Europe as well as the default "NW/CO" combo via everyplace.

No Luck. The flights were all empty (many with zero sold in BF) and the best I could do was a return flight from HKG to EWR in October at standard and an easypass outbound. Hopefully the waitlist game will improve it.

Amazing!!