A Fix for the New "Elevated" Award Booking Engine
#126

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: LAX/BUR/NRT
Programs: AA Life PLT 2MM+, JL, CX, SQ, EK, QF, UA, BA, AR, Bonvoy Life Plat
Posts: 144
OK, here is something new that started yesterday. I have tried both the HKSAR-English and USA-English website flavors and they act the same.
The unelevated box pops up just fine, and you can populate with data. Clicking the "Search" button will return the normal CX return view about 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, the webpage will display only two words at the top left: "Bad Request". If the first "Search" does work, and then you try and do a batch search, after a few seconds the page will go blank except for the same "Bad Request" message. This is on Chrome, one tab open, signed in.
The initial URL in this case is: https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...ts/facade.html
and when the "Bad Request" message pops up, the URL is showing as:
https://book.cathaypacific.com/Catha...g/availability
I hope this is just CX playing with the code. Anyone else seeing this?
OK, I just saw posts #123-125. Too bad. Batch search was terrrific!
The unelevated box pops up just fine, and you can populate with data. Clicking the "Search" button will return the normal CX return view about 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, the webpage will display only two words at the top left: "Bad Request". If the first "Search" does work, and then you try and do a batch search, after a few seconds the page will go blank except for the same "Bad Request" message. This is on Chrome, one tab open, signed in.
The initial URL in this case is: https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_...ts/facade.html
and when the "Bad Request" message pops up, the URL is showing as:
https://book.cathaypacific.com/Catha...g/availability
I hope this is just CX playing with the code. Anyone else seeing this?
OK, I just saw posts #123-125. Too bad. Batch search was terrrific!
Last edited by RD57; Nov 30, 2022 at 11:30 pm Reason: Update
#127
Original Poster




Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador, Accor Plus Platinum, Caesar's Diamond, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold,
Posts: 124
Cathay has been doing some sneaky updates to their code. The section where I was previously getting the request parameters was removed. I've updated the plugin to retrieve them elsewhere. No idea if the change has anything to do with our tool, but if it is intentional then it could very well become a cat and mouse game.
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
#128




Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: YVR
Programs: CX SL
Posts: 178
Cathay has been doing some sneaky updates to their code. The section where I was previously getting the request parameters was removed. I've updated the plugin to retrieve them elsewhere. No idea if the change has anything to do with our tool, but if it is intentional then it could very well become a cat and mouse game.
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
#130

Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: LAX/BUR/NRT
Programs: AA Life PLT 2MM+, JL, CX, SQ, EK, QF, UA, BA, AR, Bonvoy Life Plat
Posts: 144
Cathay has been doing some sneaky updates to their code. The section where I was previously getting the request parameters was removed. I've updated the plugin to retrieve them elsewhere. No idea if the change has anything to do with our tool, but if it is intentional then it could very well become a cat and mouse game.
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
Update here:
https://greasyfork.org/zh-TW/scripts...d-search-fixer
FYI - I had to clear cookies and cache to get batch search to work again. Plus, CX is having "systems maintenance" on Dec 2 and 3, so expect more issues.
Last edited by RD57; Dec 1, 2022 at 2:19 am Reason: Add info about cookies and cache clearing
#132
Original Poster




Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Programs: IHG Diamond Ambassador, Accor Plus Platinum, Caesar's Diamond, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold,
Posts: 124
Does it show on regular search? If not, there is no availability. Availability changes by the second, so it could be available now and gone by the next search. If it shows in regular but not in batch, let me know your search parameters so I can check it out, cuz that would be a bug. Otherwise, its just another day in the life of an award flyer.
#134




Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SIN
Programs: SQ KF Gold
Posts: 997
Availability from North America to SE Asia in business is not looking particularly rosy for July 2023, is it? I have been playing around with lots of origins and dates, but have not had any luck yet. Has anyone been luckier?
#135


Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 48
Anyone having issues getting the "Batch Availability for 20 Days" to run? When I click on it, it seems to stay stuck on "Searching... (Click to Stop)...". I'm on Google Chrome (Mac) with the latest script installed, cookies and cache cleared.




