FAQ: How to Save Money/YQ on Aeroplan Europe redemptions
Jan 21, 2017, 5:09 am
#302
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 126
When do Airlines release J and F inventory
One bit of information that could be useful in the "when to book" section could be a clarification of when airlines release their premium cabin seats. e.g. LH releases F only around two weeks before but I'm not totally clear as to when they release J inventory and I know nothing about when other star alliance members release their premium cabin seats.
Not to highjack it: I thought best inventory was available at the opening date of the reward inventory (example 11 months for AC etc) I had NO idea that Airlines released J and F seats at a later date. Or that the chances of that happening might be VERY remote. More like if someone canceled their reward ticket and it went back to inventory.
This might explain why I can't find any LX J flights...
Anyways, is there a thread or a post somewhere that clarifies when these Airlines release their J and F inventory?
Jan 21, 2017, 5:13 am
#303
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,784
SUPER interesting thread. Thanks Jerry!
Not to highjack it: I thought best inventory was available at the opening date of the reward inventory (example 11 months for AC etc) I had NO idea that Airlines released J and F seats at a later date. Or that the chances of that happening might be VERY remote. More like if someone canceled their reward ticket and it went back to inventory.
This might explain why I can't find any LX J flights...
Anyways, is there a thread or a post somewhere that clarifies when these Airlines release their J and F inventory?
Not to highjack it: I thought best inventory was available at the opening date of the reward inventory (example 11 months for AC etc) I had NO idea that Airlines released J and F seats at a later date. Or that the chances of that happening might be VERY remote. More like if someone canceled their reward ticket and it went back to inventory.
This might explain why I can't find any LX J flights...
Anyways, is there a thread or a post somewhere that clarifies when these Airlines release their J and F inventory?
LH F I think is the only consistent 2-week release? AFAIK anyway
TG F - is it that one can book 2 at a time, then another 2 will be released right away?
so I won't attempt to confuse things anymore in the OP, since I don't know the official rules of the systems anyway
Jan 21, 2017, 6:03 am
#304
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,535
Swiss has weird releases. There's a fair bit of inventory right now that is only visible if you search beyond Zurich. For example, this May Copenhagen to San Fran or LAX is available through Zurich, but when searching Zurich to LAX alone, this was not visible.
This wasn't released on any sort of schedule, it just popped up as an option over the last 3 weeks
This wasn't released on any sort of schedule, it just popped up as an option over the last 3 weeks
Jan 21, 2017, 10:07 am
#305
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 583
Swiss has weird releases. There's a fair bit of inventory right now that is only visible if you search beyond Zurich. For example, this May Copenhagen to San Fran or LAX is available through Zurich, but when searching Zurich to LAX alone, this was not visible.
This wasn't released on any sort of schedule, it just popped up as an option over the last 3 weeks
This wasn't released on any sort of schedule, it just popped up as an option over the last 3 weeks
Cheers
Jan 25, 2017, 1:56 pm
#307
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Toronto
Programs: AC SE100K, Emerald Exec, HHG
Posts: 631
Sorry, a bit of a newbie question, lets say I want to book YYZ - PKT, I can only find availability for YYZ -HKG, can I book that "priority" segment, then call AP back later and add the HKG-HKT segment, without additional points?
Sorry, meant Phuket.
Sorry, meant Phuket.
Last edited by sram; Jan 25, 2017 at 7:24 pm
Feb 5, 2017, 2:05 pm
#312
Join Date: May 2009
Location: YUL via ARN, PVG, ICN & YOW
Posts: 75
really baffled.
just spent a good half hour on the phone with the following for this june/july:
yul-->yvr (AC)
yvr-->nrt (AC)
nrt-->bkk (TG)
bkk-->icn (OZ)
icn-->nrt (UA)
nrt--> yyc (AC)
yyc-->yul (AC)
ALL J
and at the moment of truth the YQ was $669.70
i thought going ex-NRT would have cut into a big chunk of that...
agent was as useless as.... and couldn't quite offer any insights.
anyone have any idea?
just spent a good half hour on the phone with the following for this june/july:
yul-->yvr (AC)
yvr-->nrt (AC)
nrt-->bkk (TG)
bkk-->icn (OZ)
icn-->nrt (UA)
nrt--> yyc (AC)
yyc-->yul (AC)
ALL J
and at the moment of truth the YQ was $669.70
i thought going ex-NRT would have cut into a big chunk of that...
agent was as useless as.... and couldn't quite offer any insights.
anyone have any idea?
Feb 5, 2017, 3:40 pm
#314
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,784
really baffled.
just spent a good half hour on the phone with the following for this june/july:
yul-->yvr (AC)
yvr-->nrt (AC)
nrt-->bkk (TG)
bkk-->icn (OZ)
icn-->nrt (UA)
nrt--> yyc (AC)
yyc-->yul (AC)
ALL J
and at the moment of truth the YQ was $669.70
i thought going ex-NRT would have cut into a big chunk of that...
agent was as useless as.... and couldn't quite offer any insights.
anyone have any idea?
just spent a good half hour on the phone with the following for this june/july:
yul-->yvr (AC)
yvr-->nrt (AC)
nrt-->bkk (TG)
bkk-->icn (OZ)
icn-->nrt (UA)
nrt--> yyc (AC)
yyc-->yul (AC)
ALL J
and at the moment of truth the YQ was $669.70
i thought going ex-NRT would have cut into a big chunk of that...
agent was as useless as.... and couldn't quite offer any insights.
anyone have any idea?
BKK is destination
AC, NH, OZ, TG have big YQ
Mar 7, 2017, 9:18 am
#315
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: NYC-YUL-CDG-SVO
Programs: Flying Blue Platinum, AAdvantage, Hilton/Hyatt/Marriott
Posts: 160
YQ refund on dumped segment
Hi everybody, sorry if this has been asked elsewhere.
I'm planning a one way SYD to LCY in P. This routing would be 130K but only 110K if I add a segment to North America. I have checked the flight to YYT it's within the MPM, but the added YQ and UK tax are 350 even in Y.
I'm wondering whether I'd be entitled to a refun of these taxes if I happen to miss the flight to YYT, i.e. Can you get a YQ refund on no shows.
Thanks in advance.
I'm planning a one way SYD to LCY in P. This routing would be 130K but only 110K if I add a segment to North America. I have checked the flight to YYT it's within the MPM, but the added YQ and UK tax are 350 even in Y.
I'm wondering whether I'd be entitled to a refun of these taxes if I happen to miss the flight to YYT, i.e. Can you get a YQ refund on no shows.
Thanks in advance.