The R Games
Aug 12, 2014, 7:58 pm
#1112
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: E50K
Posts: 72
Come on! I know it depends on SE's and LMU's, but have a guess. 10%? 50%? 90% chance? 19 seats showing empty on AC (yes, I know the vagrancies of that). Still J9 R0. Give me your guess best. I will buy you a Molson Canadian next time we meet in the MLL lounge.
19 seats can be way off; can be as low as 9; less then half of what you think.
Aug 12, 2014, 8:26 pm
#1115
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: Aeroplan
Posts: 1,022
99.99%. They can't wait to get that $750 you are willing to hand over.
Aug 12, 2014, 8:30 pm
#1116
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: YEG
Posts: 3,717
Aug 12, 2014, 10:23 pm
#1118
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MLL / AC Cafe
Programs: It's hard to get status when the website won't let me book flights.
Posts: 5,706
I find that leg very difficult. Back when I was an elite (sorry, I know not a great data point but this is before it split into 35/50/75) I would get this route about 50% of the time.
Aug 13, 2014, 1:03 am
#1119
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
Aug 21, 2014, 7:35 pm
#1120
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: YVR
Programs: United Silver, Bonvoy Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 378
Is there any way to determine R availabiltiy from AC.com when R>1? Before you could just try dummy bookings for 2 people, 3 people, 4 people etc. and keep checking to see if the "blue box" is still available. Can we do something similar now?
Now when you "hover" over the fare class it may say "available for upgrade" now but I think this means only R is at least one. It doesn't tell you how much greater than one that it may be.
Now when you "hover" over the fare class it may say "available for upgrade" now but I think this means only R is at least one. It doesn't tell you how much greater than one that it may be.
Sep 18, 2014, 11:42 pm
#1121
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium, UA Silver
Posts: 2,648
I'm flying YYT-YYZ-YYC.
When I search for my YYZ-YYC leg by itself, it shows R = 0
When I search YYT-YYZ-YYC, the leg for YYZ-YYC shows R=2.
Does this mean that 2 of the R seats are held for the YYT-YYZ-YYC routing?
When I search for my YYZ-YYC leg by itself, it shows R = 0
When I search YYT-YYZ-YYC, the leg for YYZ-YYC shows R=2.
Does this mean that 2 of the R seats are held for the YYT-YYZ-YYC routing?
Sep 19, 2014, 3:59 pm
#1122
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 546
Does anyone know the latest situation: will LMU be offered if waitlisted? With J3 and Y9 i don't hope for any R space before T-24. Although I probably also shouldn't hope for an affordable TATL LMU...
Sep 19, 2014, 9:43 pm
#1123
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: AC SE100k, Marriott Titanium, UA Silver
Posts: 2,648
I doubt it, as you request upgrades per segment and availability seems to be per segment. If this is a KVS result, I've seen similar phantom availability in M space on YVR-YEG-YYC where none existed on YVR-YEG and was told that is due to married segments. That's beyond where my knowledge goes at the moment.
Does anyone know the latest situation: will LMU be offered if waitlisted? With J3 and Y9 i don't hope for any R space before T-24. Although I probably also shouldn't hope for an affordable TATL LMU...
Does anyone know the latest situation: will LMU be offered if waitlisted? With J3 and Y9 i don't hope for any R space before T-24. Although I probably also shouldn't hope for an affordable TATL LMU...
Do they ever open R space from T-7d until T-24h? Or is it going to be a gate call at this point?
Sep 19, 2014, 9:45 pm
#1124
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MLL / AC Cafe
Programs: It's hard to get status when the website won't let me book flights.
Posts: 5,706
Edit: Sorry, I read to fast and thought it was the YVR - YEG - YYC triangle! My mistake. Yes, space can open up on the YYZ - YYC, and I have had it happen before, but it's not as often as in the triangle.
Last edited by Sean Peever; Sep 19, 2014 at 9:46 pm Reason: made an error
Sep 19, 2014, 10:23 pm
#1125
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2009
Location: FRA / YEG
Programs: AC Super Elite, Radisson Platinum, Accor Platinum
Posts: 11,874
IME AC rarely opens up R space between T-7 days and the day of departure, however AC does quite often "silently" upgrade some pax (SEs and pax on a Lat fare) at around T-2 days if J availability is reasonably high.