Class Availability tool changed :(
Jan 29, 2005 | 3:38 am
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Class Availability tool changed :(
Looks like the itn site for checking class availability has removed the ability to see the sub class availability:
http://www.flyaow.com/classcathay.htm
http://www.flyaow.com/classcathay.htm
Jan 29, 2005 | 3:51 am
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Yep, thats a bit unfortunate but you can still use the UAL.com availability tool to check sub-class availability.
http://www.flyaow.com/classual.htm, just need to make sure one selects CX as one of the preferred airline.
http://www.flyaow.com/classual.htm, just need to make sure one selects CX as one of the preferred airline.
Jan 29, 2005 | 11:52 am
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As well as:
http://flyaow.com/classcwt.htm
http://flyaow.com/classcwt.htm
Feb 1, 2005 | 1:58 pm
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Please e-mail me if you can to let me know when things like this happen - it takes a few days for me to catch it in the forums otherwise.
Apparently another victim of changes at GetThere/Sabre.
Seems that the Cathay availability is working correctly on the other tools mentioned above.
One question - for those of you registered on the Cathay site can you still see subclass availability? If so, there may be a work-around on this one.
Cheers!
Apparently another victim of changes at GetThere/Sabre.
Seems that the Cathay availability is working correctly on the other tools mentioned above.
One question - for those of you registered on the Cathay site can you still see subclass availability? If so, there may be a work-around on this one.
Cheers!
Feb 1, 2005 | 8:02 pm
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On a related note, it seems the two working links (UAL.com and Carlson Wagonlit Travel) have some discrepencies on sub-class availability between them.
Here is an exmaple (A flight I would be taking soon):
Per UAL.com
Cathay Pacific Flight: 105
Departs - Hong Kong (HKG) February 3 11:40 pm
Arrives - Melbourne (MEL) February 4 (Next day) 11:45 am
Notes
Cabin class: F1 A1 J4 C3 D3 I3 Y3 B3 H3 K2 M2 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
Distance: 4581 mi
Stops: non-stop
Airbus A330
Per Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Cathay Pacific Flight: 105
Departs - Hong Kong (HKG) February 3 11:40 pm
Arrives - Melbourne (MEL) February 4 (Next day) 11:45 am
Notes
Cabin class: F0 A0 J0 C0 D0 I0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 S0 V0 N0 Q0
Distance: 4581 mi
Stops: non-stop
Airbus A330
Weird I must say, but which is more accurate?
Here is an exmaple (A flight I would be taking soon):
Per UAL.com
Cathay Pacific Flight: 105
Departs - Hong Kong (HKG) February 3 11:40 pm
Arrives - Melbourne (MEL) February 4 (Next day) 11:45 am
Notes
Cabin class: F1 A1 J4 C3 D3 I3 Y3 B3 H3 K2 M2 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0
Distance: 4581 mi
Stops: non-stop
Airbus A330
Per Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Cathay Pacific Flight: 105
Departs - Hong Kong (HKG) February 3 11:40 pm
Arrives - Melbourne (MEL) February 4 (Next day) 11:45 am
Notes
Cabin class: F0 A0 J0 C0 D0 I0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 S0 V0 N0 Q0
Distance: 4581 mi
Stops: non-stop
Airbus A330
Weird I must say, but which is more accurate?
Feb 2, 2005 | 5:34 am
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CWT is very inaccurate
My experience is that whenever there is a discrepency, CWT is wrong! 
I have verified this many times either by Availability Tool, or by calling the airlines direct. I have stopped using CWT because of this issue. Why bother checking if you cannot trust what you get? Note this problem mainly pertains to foreign airlines, such as CX, SQ etc.
I have verified this many times either by Availability Tool, or by calling the airlines direct. I have stopped using CWT because of this issue. Why bother checking if you cannot trust what you get? Note this problem mainly pertains to foreign airlines, such as CX, SQ etc.
Feb 4, 2005 | 1:56 pm
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Feb 5, 2005 | 12:09 pm
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Thanks for the helpful messages, and an especially big thanks to whughes3 who pointed out that the Canadian version of the site operates differently. I've updated http://flyaow.com/classcathay.htm to hit the Canadian Cathay backend and fare buckets are displayed again. 
Cheers!
Cheers!
