Availability - wild variations
Oct 9, 2002 | 3:56 pm
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Availability - wild variations
Hi CX'ers - I have been tracking the availability of two CX flights - specifically - CX 839 YVR-HKG on 13 October
and CX 882 on 18 October - I have seen WILD variations in the availability from day to day and literally hour to hour - I suspect the flights are heavily booked - 839 certainly is - Do any of you insiders have a way of getting the actual booking numbers ??? Thanks
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and CX 882 on 18 October - I have seen WILD variations in the availability from day to day and literally hour to hour - I suspect the flights are heavily booked - 839 certainly is - Do any of you insiders have a way of getting the actual booking numbers ??? Thanks
[This message has been edited by kazman (edited 10-09-2002).]
Oct 9, 2002 | 6:04 pm
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I'm flying on 829 YYZ-HKG on 12 October and 828 HKG-YYZ on 19 October and have been noticing very similar fluctuations. My contact at CX told me last week that 829 was oversold in both J and Y and the Y oversale was almost 40 passengers. I have no doubt that the YVR loads must be something similar.
Oct 9, 2002 | 10:35 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by freealta:
Is there some special occasion in HK the week of 10/21?</font>
Is there some special occasion in HK the week of 10/21?</font>
Oct 10, 2002 | 8:36 pm
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Bear in mind that CX has the ability to release inventory as it sees fit right up to the day of departure. What it giveths, it can also takeths away - anytime.
Oct 13, 2002 | 8:18 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fakecd:
Wild Variations? Try the first week in Febuary 2003! I've been trying to book flights from YVR-HKG in 7, 8, 9, 10th of the Feb., but I've also witnessed similar kind of flucuation.
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Wild Variations? Try the first week in Febuary 2003! I've been trying to book flights from YVR-HKG in 7, 8, 9, 10th of the Feb., but I've also witnessed similar kind of flucuation.
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Oct 13, 2002 | 5:11 pm
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That's exactly my point.
One day I check for availability on 839 on 8th, then it's WIDE open... then the next day, it shows all 0. I don't think it's full yet... with my limited knowledge, I would account it for duplicate reservations, which should clear soon.
That's exactly my point.
One day I check for availability on 839 on 8th, then it's WIDE open... then the next day, it shows all 0. I don't think it's full yet... with my limited knowledge, I would account it for duplicate reservations, which should clear soon.