How to locate Aeroplan availability on a specific flight in a date range?
May 26, 2015, 4:22 pm
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How to locate Aeroplan availability on a specific flight in a date range?
Is there an easy way to check Aeroplan availability on a specific flight(s) for a series of days? I am trying to find Aeroplan availability in Business for AC 050/AC 051 which are the new YYZ-DEL return flights starting this November, and a series of random searches has turned up nothing. Is it likely that these simply would be locked out of Aeroplan availability? I am interested particularly in flights during December. Ideally, I was trying to get one Aeroplan ticket to then match up with one revenue ticket, both in business, but I am stumped as to how to proceed. Insights appreciated.
P.S. I am SE100K, so I am searching for Priority Rewards as well, but nada.
P.S. I am SE100K, so I am searching for Priority Rewards as well, but nada.
May 26, 2015, 4:25 pm
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I use the award.flights (AwardFinder) Chrome app. Takes time as it is basically a script that looks at dates one by one and formats it back into something readable, but you can go up to 30 days, select nonstop only, etc.
AwardFinder: Yet another award flight search tool
AwardFinder: Yet another award flight search tool
May 27, 2015, 10:53 am
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Bumping this to ask the question -- is it possible that there can be AC flights with zero Aeroplan availability in business? Or is there always at least SOME AP availability (but may already be spoken for)?
May 27, 2015, 11:10 am
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As per my experience there is always at least 1 J seat available. Even AC33/34 has one available. Funny thing is they don't re-release the ticket if it's cancelled for a YQ free United flight for example. 
May 27, 2015, 11:11 am
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Also, FliSea.com lets you search NONSTOP for +11 days at a time
It's not only possible, it happens All the time
There is no "guaranteed" award seat PER FLIGHT, I think it's % of PER ROUTE even
e.g. YYZ-YUL has minimal J space released despite hourly flight, sigh
There is no "guaranteed" award seat PER FLIGHT, I think it's % of PER ROUTE even
e.g. YYZ-YUL has minimal J space released despite hourly flight, sigh
May 27, 2015, 12:54 pm
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I'm a bit confused by your question because my gut answer is "of course its more than possible they are all taken"
May 27, 2015, 1:11 pm
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Do you need the AC flight?? There is available over Europe- FCO, LHR etc in Business for 2 seats on a quick search on random date I checked- Dec 14.
You may have a very hard time finding availability on the new direct AC flight. Of course that may open up as time nears if sales are lower than expected. but you would be taking a chance and finding some alternative later may prove challenging.
You may have a very hard time finding availability on the new direct AC flight. Of course that may open up as time nears if sales are lower than expected. but you would be taking a chance and finding some alternative later may prove challenging.
May 27, 2015, 3:56 pm
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Maybe I'm confused, but only X% of seats in any cabin is released. You don't get access to every seat even as a super elite member. I've always had to book a year or so out or book a route with high YQ so people usually don't redeem them. (snagged two seats to Frankfurt less than a year out in J recently).
I'm a bit confused by your question because my gut answer is "of course its more than possible they are all taken"
I'm a bit confused by your question because my gut answer is "of course its more than possible they are all taken"
Thanks for this resource, did not know about it ... I like that it lets you select the class.
Last edited by tcook052; May 27, 2015 at 4:51 pm
May 27, 2015, 4:14 pm
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May 27, 2015, 4:27 pm
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8%? I've been daily checking AC33/34 for about 11 months and only the 1 J seat 356 days out, nothing else has been released. The j cabin is mostly empty too but Y is like 95%, I imagine most j will be filled via upgrades? Not a FF so that part is a mystery to me.
May 27, 2015, 4:30 pm
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I think it ends up at 8% based on domestic and TB redemptions? 2 for YYZ YVR is easily bookable within a time frame but not easy for international redemptions. Thoughts anyone?