ARCHIVE: AA Awards on Cathay Pacific (2015)
#796
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 321
OK finally I was able to do it. I found an agent who was extremely nice and did it. This was after 10 calls to different agents.
#797
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Don't know about AA but over on AS, i have no problem having them book space. BA site is only reliable if you search segment by segment so in many case its the phantom space the BA site shows on an o/d search w/ connecting flights.
#798
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: FIND ME ON TWITTER FOR THE LATEST
Posts: 27,730
That's true, but not in the cases I'm referring to, there definitely are differences, have seen many cases, single CX flight available on BA.com, not bookable by AA.
#799
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ocean Beach
Programs: Alaska MPVG75, AAdvantage PlatPro, Hyatt Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 535
And also the other way, BA, JL, etc. shows no availability but AA is able to grab seats. I don't know how common this is, but it's happened to me several times. I've called to take one F and one J and agent tells me two F are available.
#801
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: WAS
Posts: 1,623
I first flew CX F long-haul 2 weeks ago and the booking process was an interesting experience. This thread was helpful. Ultimately, by obsessively checking inventory online (so excessive in fact that it led to EF customer service reaching out to me to ask me what I was doing!) I was able to learn a bit about CX's "pattern" for releasing award inventory and was able to convert 2 J award tickets (booked 330 days out) to 2 F tickets. It took lots of persistence , but was well worth it.
Now if only I can convert some QF J award seats I have to F...
#802
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,050
Thanks
DAK
#803
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC, LAX, HKG
Posts: 286
Anyone knows what happened to last-minute F space? Seems to be disappearing (at least when searching via BA).
#804
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
CX845 seems to always drop to F0 within 3-4 days of departure - no chance of getting an award seat there.
TL;DR: It's not that CX isn't releasing last minute space, but that cabins are filling up earlier.
#805
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: WAS
Posts: 1,623
While it may be more difficult to find F award space on CX 845 than other flights, it is certainly not correct to say "no chance" of getting one. In fact, I got 2 F award seats on CX 845 just a few weeks ago. Granted it was difficult, took lots of persistence (and checking) and came down to the wire, but I got 2.
#806
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,666
While it may be more difficult to find F award space on CX 845 than other flights, it is certainly not correct to say "no chance" of getting one. In fact, I got 2 F award seats on CX 845 just a few weeks ago. Granted it was difficult, took lots of persistence (and checking) and came down to the wire, but I got 2.
#807
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC, LAX, HKG
Posts: 286
Two months ago I was bumped from CX F to J (AA Award) when CX removed the F cabin from the flight. As other FT members suggested, I tried to ask for a liaison repeatedly to get onto another flight in F. But up to now neither a liaison nor the AA twitter team were able to move be to another flight's F, all saying they cannot do anything about my involuntary downgrade unless award space opens up.
Oh, and CX's twitter team didn't respond to my DM. What should I try next?
Oh, and CX's twitter team didn't respond to my DM. What should I try next?
#808
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4,517
Two months ago I was bumped from CX F to J (AA Award) when CX removed the F cabin from the flight. As other FT members suggested, I tried to ask for a liaison repeatedly to get onto another flight in F. But up to now neither a liaison nor the AA twitter team were able to move be to another flight's F, all saying they cannot do anything about my involuntary downgrade unless award space opens up.
Oh, and CX's twitter team didn't respond to my DM. What should I try next?
Oh, and CX's twitter team didn't respond to my DM. What should I try next?
#809
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: Marriott, AAdvantage, United, Club Carlson
Posts: 1,687
Is there any way to set up alerts on CX flights so I don't have to check BA.com or the KVS tool all the time? EF doesnt work for CX (from what I've read).