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Gongzuokuang Sep 10, 2022 3:09 pm

I didn't try booking, but it was refreshing to have a simple search method. Thanks! Bought you a few coffees. :-)

percysmith Sep 11, 2022 12:27 am


Originally Posted by Fly Me To The Moon (Post 34585826)
Thanks for following up and checking. I would NOT ignore the flights 353+ days out. That info is still helpful for advanced planning.

For example, today, I was able to use your tool to search for YVR-NRT on JL departing 01 Sep 2023. That date is 357 days out. I saw two J seats available, and tried to book it, and it worked! Got two CX 160- e-tickets (JL metal) emailed to me already.

So, apparently, in this example, JL offers bookable flights for redemption earlier than CX does!

That’s not news. For HKers trying to redeem for Japan, Avios has turned into pesos as AM is superior for both JL and CX redemption window and availability respectively.

percysmith Sep 11, 2022 10:24 am


Originally Posted by cgo (Post 34587011)
I have a question for you though. I have been wanting to do a 'multicarrier award ticket' redemption, 4 segments in total. Each individual segment is showing as 'available' in the elevated + unelevated search engine. But when I contacted the call centre to book, they say that all the flights I have requested are not available for redemption.

The reason why I wanted to use the call centre to book is to save on the miles. The multicarrier award cost 165k miles, vs booking each flight per segment will cost more than that.

I have request the agent to repeatedly check and they said their amadeus system is real time.

Is this a normal experience? Or this is just a crappy bug that CX hasnt fixed?

1, Pre-pandemic, call centre is usually has the best availability.

2. Recently I found myself correcting agents or insisting they trying they initially said not possible. This is in case of refund situations, so in case of booking situations, the solution is to HUACA (as difficult as it is to perform these days)

3. But if multiple agents (in different shifts) say no then this may be still be a genuine system limitation.

If I haven't had so many miles pre-pandemic I wouldn't be going into miles to multi-carrier redemption.
Essentially all my future travel are still optimistic and are just simple returns with a stopover if necessary.
The most-likely use case for my Asia Miles is still fare offset at HK$0.058/AM. If you've less pre-pandemic miles than me, you get to be a bit more picky I guess.

Fly Me To The Moon Sep 11, 2022 11:44 am


Originally Posted by percysmith (Post 34589712)
That’s not news.

Didn't say this was news. This is an example for jaytw not to modify the script to ignore data from 353+ days out. The information is still helpful for planning.

Evan Bost Sep 11, 2022 11:48 am

Thank you all for your help. I didn't see that leg prior to booking... but ended up booking Mumbai > LHR > JFK via BA J for 90k a piece, plus $500. Not great, but it will be cool to spend a couple nights in Mumbai after Thailand, so we're stoked!

vishruts Sep 17, 2022 12:00 pm

I am unable to book any flights to USA Ex Mumbai Drop Down Menu is not poping its a disgrace my miles are due at expiry but unable to use them ? Can anyone help.?

jaytw Sep 17, 2022 2:58 pm


Originally Posted by cgo (Post 34587029)
You are a life saver, quite literally.
Now i wanted to ask if you have a multi-city version for this?

Unfortunately, I'm not confident it's possible to do a multi-city version of this, as multi-city requires page changes, and this tool relies on parameters on the page, which would be defeated by the constant page changes.


Originally Posted by Gongzuokuang (Post 34588918)
I didn't try booking, but it was refreshing to have a simple search method. Thanks! Bought you a few coffees. :-)

Thanks so much! Super appreciated!


Originally Posted by Evan Bost (Post 34590789)
Thank you all for your help. I didn't see that leg prior to booking... but ended up booking Mumbai > LHR > JFK via BA J for 90k a piece, plus $500. Not great, but it will be cool to spend a couple nights in Mumbai after Thailand, so we're stoked!

That's great to hear, Evan. I love that you embody the spirit of award travel and embrace the unexpected. I hope you have a swell time.


Originally Posted by vishruts (Post 34608353)
I am unable to book any flights to USA Ex Mumbai Drop Down Menu is not poping its a disgrace my miles are due at expiry but unable to use them ? Can anyone help.?

Vishruts, did you install the plugin? If you did, you can just enter BOM for Mumbai, there is no dropdown to select from. If you want to see the codes for each city, you can search using the Cathay search first, and it will show you the airport code behind the City like (XXX)

seba Sep 17, 2022 10:15 pm

jaytw Thanks for your extenssion, is it possible to choose only 1 airline code? I think QR are not honor the redemption from cathay, but they still show in the results.

SpeedAdvantage Sep 18, 2022 3:49 am


Originally Posted by seba (Post 34609379)
jaytw Thanks for your extenssion, is it possible to choose only 1 airline code? I think QR are not honor the redemption from cathay, but they still show in the results.

Is it not working in Economy now as well?

vishruts Sep 18, 2022 10:44 am

[MENTION=275288]jaytw[/MENTION] Thanks for the input when I put Mumbai to New York the Airline menu doesn't open up. so I am stuck. Which Extension are you talking about. ?

percysmith Sep 18, 2022 12:20 pm


Originally Posted by vishruts (Post 34610394)
[MENTION=275288]jaytw[/MENTION] Thanks for the input when I put Mumbai to New York the Airline menu doesn't open up. so I am stuck. Which Extension are you talking about. ?

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34536689-post1.html


Originally Posted by jaytw (Post 34536689)
I've put together a userscript that basically forces the website to accept the old booking engine parameters, and I've submitted it to greasyfork for anyone that's interested.


jessesgirl Sep 19, 2022 2:44 am

Thanks so much Jay! A few coffees coming your way!

ukinny2000 Sep 20, 2022 11:18 am

Thanks Jay - coffee heading your way

SpeedAdvantage Sep 20, 2022 11:36 pm

Trying Qatar J from time to time and still not bookable. Looks like Asiamiles is blacklisted by QR.

mccx Sep 22, 2022 5:44 pm


Originally Posted by SpeedAdvantage (Post 34617341)
Trying Qatar J from time to time and still not bookable. Looks like Asiamiles is blacklisted by QR.

Since the tool doesn't allow Multi-City search, I'm trying to use the native tool on the CX site. However, it doesn't even give me the option to pick flights between JFK and HKT/BKK. Their new site is really piece of junk.


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