First Class Availability (Or the Lack Thereof)
Mar 18, 2004 | 5:03 pm
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First Class Availability (Or the Lack Thereof)
On AS flights, if I understand correctly MVPG/MVP complimentary first class upgrades and mileage plan redemptive first class upgrades all come from the extremely elusive U bucket. But does mileage plan first class award tickets come from the same mythical U bucket? If not where?
Mar 18, 2004 | 5:45 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by flytoeat:
First class saver awards are booked in "A" and the unrestricted first class award in "F".</font>
First class saver awards are booked in "A" and the unrestricted first class award in "F".</font>
Mar 19, 2004 | 7:09 am
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There does seem to be some sort of relationship between "A" and "U"; upon grabbing one of the available "U" seats, I have seen "A" disappear. It's as if both are subsets of a larger "free seat" bucket in first that yield management controls. Not always the case but watch it sometime using the availability tool.
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Mar 24, 2004 | 2:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by flytoeat:
There does seem to be some sort of relationship between "A" and "U"; upon grabbing one of the available "U" seats, I have seen "A" disappear. It's as if both are subsets of a larger "free seat" bucket in first that yield management controls. Not always the case but watch it sometime using the availability tool.
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There does seem to be some sort of relationship between "A" and "U"; upon grabbing one of the available "U" seats, I have seen "A" disappear. It's as if both are subsets of a larger "free seat" bucket in first that yield management controls. Not always the case but watch it sometime using the availability tool.
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In terms of inventory allocation, U and A are the same. That is, if you have 8 U and A seats, when 1 U is taken the U and A inventory will both drop to 7.