CX Award Availability
Oct 8, 2003, 3:49 pm
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CX Award Availability
I'm looking to book an F award to DPS on CX using my AA miles. According to Galileo, the following availablity exisits for the two CX flights LAX-HKG on 12/26:
LAX HKG 26/2305*0630 CX 883 F4 A4 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y1 B0 H0#74J B
LAX HKG 26/2355*0740 CX 881 F4 A3 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9#346 B
According to this there should be plenty of space in both A and even C. Yet when I call AA, they say that there is absolutley no award availability of any kind from the 12/22 to 12/29.
Does the award-class availability that Galileo is showing not apply to AAdvantage awards?
-FlyerBeek
[This message has been edited by FlyerBeek (edited 10-08-2003).]
LAX HKG 26/2305*0630 CX 883 F4 A4 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y1 B0 H0#74J B
LAX HKG 26/2355*0740 CX 881 F4 A3 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 H9#346 B
According to this there should be plenty of space in both A and even C. Yet when I call AA, they say that there is absolutley no award availability of any kind from the 12/22 to 12/29.
Does the award-class availability that Galileo is showing not apply to AAdvantage awards?
-FlyerBeek
[This message has been edited by FlyerBeek (edited 10-08-2003).]
Oct 8, 2003, 4:02 pm
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Some say the most reliable is using CX's award booking engine (based on ItN.net (Galileo?). You need to sign up to use it. That's how I booked my CX premium awards. Be aware that when you want to go is also peak season.
Oct 8, 2003, 4:09 pm
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I think the fare code for first class awards on CX is Z (and I don't think it's visible on Galileo).
Oct 8, 2003, 4:50 pm
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Fare code for 1st class award on CX is Z; I would echo the earlier poster that this is prime time for travel. CX also has a couple of flights SFO-HKG daily, might be worth a try for that routing?
Oct 8, 2003, 5:07 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
[B] You need to sign up to use it. That's how I booked my CX premium awards. [B]</font>
[B] You need to sign up to use it. That's how I booked my CX premium awards. [B]</font>
Also, supposing I end up booking a one-world award instead (and use BA to get to HKG), do the Galileo A/C-class availabilities for BA correspond to the AAdvantage awards availabilities for those classes?
Thanks,
FlyerBeek
Oct 8, 2003, 5:50 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FlyerBeek:
Also, supposing I end up booking a one-world award instead (and use BA to get to HKG), do the Galileo A/C-class availabilities for BA correspond to the AAdvantage awards availabilities for those classes?</font>
Also, supposing I end up booking a one-world award instead (and use BA to get to HKG), do the Galileo A/C-class availabilities for BA correspond to the AAdvantage awards availabilities for those classes?</font>
Oct 10, 2003, 3:45 pm
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If you are an Executive Club member you can check the availability of BA award seats on ba.com. It's not visible on Galileo at all, though.
Oct 10, 2003, 4:27 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FlyerBeek:
In order to sign up to view CX award availability, must I pay to join the MPC or is there another way to access this availbility information without cost (I cannot get Galileo to show Z-class)?</font>
In order to sign up to view CX award availability, must I pay to join the MPC or is there another way to access this availbility information without cost (I cannot get Galileo to show Z-class)?</font>