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Old Jul 30, 21, 7:41 am
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Rewardflightfinder shows available when it isnt
Anybody had this before?. Last night got an alert from RewardFlightFinder.com to say our BA flights on June 4th 2022 from SFO to Heathrow could be upgraded to business

Has been not available for weeks, then showed 4 business available and now today 2. But on viewing BA website last night not available and when I called BA (USA desk) they said it looked like some premium seats had come available but not business. RFF still showing 2 seats available this morning. Is it just an IT thing, ie RFF is just wrong or does this mean we are not eligible for the upgrade so we cant see it? BA agent said RFF was just wrong but just wanted to double check views on here. We have a cash premium seat paid directly with BA and enough avois for the upgrade.

Many thanks for any advice,
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Old Jul 30, 21, 7:55 am
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I'm afraid this is quite common. RFF often shows phantom availability.
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Old Jul 30, 21, 7:57 am
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Very used to getting let down by this site, I no longer use, and do checks myself on BA.com regularly.
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Old Jul 30, 21, 8:00 am
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Thanks for the replies. I thought as much, but that's reassuring I suppose, although also frustrating!

I also use (and pay for) https://seatspy.com/. Does that have the same issue?
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Old Jul 30, 21, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by Rob Clark
Thanks for the replies. I thought as much, but that's reassuring I suppose, although also frustrating!

I also use (and pay for) https://seatspy.com/. Does that have the same issue?
Apparently this one is more reliable and uses a different feed from BA
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Old Jul 30, 21, 9:30 am
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Originally Posted by FamilyOf6
Apparently this one is more reliable and uses a different feed from BA
That's good to know. Thank you,
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Old Aug 17, 21, 1:14 am
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Accusations of screenscraping (of all things) made against Reward Flight Finder.

https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/0...flight-finder/
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Old Aug 17, 21, 2:55 am
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Here's the original story:

https://seatspy.com/news/seatspy-dat...by-other-sites
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Old Aug 17, 21, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by Rob Clark
Thanks for the replies. I thought as much, but that's reassuring I suppose, although also frustrating!

I also use (and pay for) https://seatspy.com/. Does that have the same issue?
Having used both for the first time a few weeks ago, I can confirm your findings regarding Rewardflightfinder.
I tried SeatSpy and found it 100% accurate.
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Old Aug 17, 21, 6:42 am
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Originally Posted by tigertanaka
Accusations of screenscraping (of all things) made against Reward Flight Finder.

https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/0...flight-finder/
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The cheek of it... RewardFlightFinder charge you to get data they've "stolen" from another website
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Old Aug 17, 21, 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Rob Clark
Thanks for the replies. I thought as much, but that's reassuring I suppose, although also frustrating!

I also use (and pay for) https://seatspy.com/. Does that have the same issue?
I've found seatspy can take days to update where there is new availability, despite seats showing on the BA app.
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Old Aug 17, 21, 9:03 am
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Why do people not just use the BA executive club app?
That has the same search function these sites are providing
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Old Aug 17, 21, 9:35 am
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Originally Posted by Mr Silver K
Why do people not just use the BA executive club app?
That has the same search function these sites are providing
If I am correct the BA exec club app does not provide any alerts which would be the main reason.
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Old Aug 17, 21, 9:44 am
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Originally Posted by DelTroon
If I am correct the BA exec club app does not provide any alerts which would be the main reason.
I was careful to say it offers the same search function rather than say it has everything the same
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Old Aug 17, 21, 10:50 am
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Originally Posted by Mr Silver K
Why do people not just use the BA executive club app?
That has the same search function these sites are providing
use case: a weekend in Winter in Vegas.

The see at a glance, one year, all availability shown by SeatSpy is so much easier to use than the BA app where you have to scroll across two data sets and switch between cabins
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