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

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.

As well as:
http://flyaow.com/classcwt.htm

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!

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? :confused:

UAL.com is correct
 

Just got this off Availability Tools

HKG MEL 03/2340 1145 CX 105 F1 A1 J4 C3 D3 I3 Y1 B1 H1 333

CWT is very inaccurate
 

My experience is that whenever there is a discrepency, CWT is wrong! :td: 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? :td: Note this problem mainly pertains to foreign airlines, such as CX, SQ etc.

http://www.cathay-usa.com/planyourtr...tow=Round+Trip

Hope this helps

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!

flyaow ^ , thanks for updating the link on your website (also thanks to whughes3).

It makes checking availability on CX much easier again. :D

Thanks!

Hopefully it lasts for a while this time! :)

Cheers!