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Almost 6 months after Asiamiles devaluation...
Almost 6 months post-devaluation...I still can't feel the additional 20% increase in seat availability for redemption.
Case in point I bought a revenue ticket to Tokyo from Manila for August 21, that's about 200 days from now...but they cannot confirm any companion redemption at the time being. Looking at the seat maps...I'm basically the only passenger on the flight...(of course there might be others who did not ASR) Checking EF all flights are have J9 C9 D9 I9....I've sent an email to Marco Polo Club but the refused to clear my waitlist. |
Agreed. And what’s with the married segment availability? There seems to be a lot of availability for non Hong Kong members...is this how they fudged the 20%? |
Originally Posted by sxc
(Post 30659303)
Agreed. And what’s with the married segment availability? There seems to be a lot of availability for non Hong Kong members...is this how they fudged the 20%? It would be cheaper to fly direct to NRT on JL from MNL and just redeem on JL using AM. The AS website showing a lot of availability. |
Originally Posted by FlyPointyEnd
(Post 30659288)
Almost 6 months post-devaluation...I still can't feel the additional 20% increase in seat availability for redemption.
Case in point I bought a revenue ticket to Tokyo from Manila for August 21, that's about 200 days from now...but they cannot confirm any companion redemption at the time being. Looking at the seat maps...I'm basically the only passenger on the flight...(of course there might be others who did not ASR) Checking EF all flights are have J9 C9 D9 I9....I've sent an email to Marco Polo Club but the refused to clear my waitlist. |
The only "additional" availability I've seen is for last minute flights. I have redeemed HKG-TPE flights at T-48, and there were HKG-TYO J availability about T-72 just before Xmas.
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Originally Posted by FlyPointyEnd
(Post 30659288)
Almost 6 months post-devaluation...I still can't feel the additional 20% increase in seat availability for redemption.
Case in point I bought a revenue ticket to Tokyo from Manila for August 21, that's about 200 days from now...but they cannot confirm any companion redemption at the time being. Looking at the seat maps...I'm basically the only passenger on the flight...(of course there might be others who did not ASR) Checking EF all flights are have J9 C9 D9 I9....I've sent an email to Marco Polo Club but the refused to clear my waitlist. previously noticed if I was available, companion award would be available.. |
Originally Posted by sxc
(Post 30659303)
Agreed. And what’s with the married segment availability? There seems to be a lot of availability for non Hong Kong members...is this how they fudged the 20%? e.g. you can maybe get SIN-xHKG-TPE, but if you search for that route in AM, you actually come up with a donut! in that regard, MPC/AM is much worse. On the other hand, some direct O&D routes are available for AM members but not OW partners, especially in the J cabins. |
Notwithstanding the in increase in miles requirement for long haul Upgrade Awards that I use frequently, over the last month I am running into multiple instances where waitlisting for Upgrade Awards were closed (no matter what the selling loads were). If this continues I have to seriously consider moving my miles/business from AM/CX. |
Got this reply for the Marco Polo Club
We do appreciate the importance members place on being able to redeem award seats. However, availability is subject to a number of factors, in particular, time of year, routing and even time of day. If a flight is forecasted to be full, fewer award seats will be allocated. Seat availability also varies from flight to flight due to a number of factors including our members' behaviour, seasonality, market demand and the airlines' capacity. Redemption seats are often secured well in advance of a flight's scheduled travel date but further award seats could be released closer to departure when passengers firm up travel plans and change bookings. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...69242335c2.png |
"Members' behaviour"?
What does that mean?? |
Originally Posted by sxc
(Post 30659719)
"Members' behaviour"?
What does that mean?? |
Before devaluation, maybe 4 Business seat released
after devaluation,+20% which mean 20% more than 4 seats? Which is around 4.8 seats. I dun think CX mean to say additional 20% of the air craft capacity to be released under award? |
Originally Posted by sxc
(Post 30659719)
"Members' behaviour"?
What does that mean?? At the same time I have a hard time believing that CX IT has the ability to implement stuff like this. |
Originally Posted by etkuo
(Post 30659876)
At the same time I have a hard time believing that CX IT has the ability to implement stuff like this. |
Originally Posted by sxc
(Post 30659719)
"Members' behaviour"?
What does that mean?? |
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