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Mar 11, 2006 | 2:59 pm

#58

CUSTOMDIRECT

Join Date: Dec 2005

Location: Frisco (Dallas area), TX

Programs: UA Lifetime 1K (MM), AA Lifetime Platinum (MM), Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Diamond,

Posts: 268

You were right

You were right about not signing in as an elite. I just looked at "John-Q-Public" inventory on co.com and came up with many more choices.

I called co.com support and was told that they are aware of the problem. It is a computer clitch which is due to be fixed by 3/22/06 or sooner. In the meantime, they reccomend not signing in prior to an award search .

I was still not able to get the outbound flight I need for October at the standard level but at least the mystery is solved and the waitlists will probably clear in time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkkwan

CUSTOMDIRECT - Do not sign in as an Elite to look for available flights.

For EWR-HKG, I see standard award business class awards on 3/12 (CO to NRT, NW to HKG), 3/19 (same routing), 3/30 (CO non-stop), 4/6 (CO non-stop), 7/19 (CO/NW), 8/2 (CO/NW), & lots of dates from September onwards.

Coming back HKG-EWR, there are standard business class awards on 3/20 (NW/CO), 4/11 (same), 5/9 (same), 5/16, 7/11 (CO non-stop), 8/24 (CO to NRT, NW via DTW), and then a lot of dates September onwards.

PEK is more weird. Some dates in March, a lot of dates in April and early May, but only standard coach. [March is still 15,000 miles one-way coach.] Again from August onwards. Only one BF standard date.

Coming back, BF standard awards on 4/3, 4/6, 4/12, 5/5, 5/6, 5/10, 5/11, 5/15, 6/6, 6/27, 7/5, 7/25, 8/8, 8/16, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/13, 9/19, 9/26, whole bunch of dates in Oct and so on. Most, if not all, NW to NRT, then CO to EWR.

I really hope CO will fix the glitch with no Elite availability soon. This is getting ridiculous.