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ExpertFlyer now showing CX Award Availability?

Just noticed this on ExpertFlyer while looking up some flights. I guess they are starting to show CX Award availability?

Shows Z1 for F award
U for J award but no number after it
P is new? Business priority award maybe?
T9 for PEY award
X9 for Y award

F3 A3 Z1 J9 C9 D9 I9 U P9 W9 R9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 G9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 X9

Saw that too- did the Z1 correlate to award availability on Asiamiles/other programs?

the ones that I saw had Z0 (vs no number after the U)..

Quote:

Originally Posted by etkuo (Post 31479899)

I confirm that the availability is now also available on Sabre, but not on Amadeus. Z, U, T, X are the award classes, although T is also used for ID75 (Industrial Discount, 75% off). P is also for ID75.

Sabre (POS Taiwan):

Code:

11JUNHKGJFK‡.CX«                                               

 01JUN  MON   HKG/Z‡8     JFK/EDT-12                           

 1CX  830 F6 A0 Z1 J9 C9 D9 HKGJFK 0915 1310 77W DL/BL 0 DCA /E

          I9 U1 P0 W9 R9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 G9 S9 N9 Q9

          O9 X8                                                

 2CX  840 F5 A0 Z0 J9 C9 D9 HKGJFK 1605 2015 77W BD/DS 0 DCA /E

          I9 U1 P0 W9 R9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 G0 S9 N9 Q9

          O0 X0                                                

 3CX  846 F5 A1 Z0 J9 C9 D9 HKGJFK 1845 2245 77W BD/DS 0 DCA /E

          I9 U1 P2 W9 R9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 G9 S9 N9 Q9

          O9 X9                                                

 4CX  888 F5 A0 Z0 J9 C9 D9 HKGJFK 0030 0700 77W BD 1 DCA /E   

          I9 U4 P0 W9 R9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 G9 S9 N9 Q9

          O9 X0                                                

NO MORE CX.

Amadeus (POS US):

Code:

AN1JUNHKGJFK/ACX                                               

** AMADEUS AVAILABILITY - AN **          273 MO 01JUN 0000     

 1   CX 830  F6 A6 J9 C9/HKG JFK  0915    1310    0/77W    15:55

             D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9      

             O9                                                

 2   CX 840  F5 A5 J9 C9/HKG JFK  1605    2015    0/77W    16:10

             D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 QL      

             OL                                                

 3   CX 846  F5 A5 J9 C9/HKG JFK  1845    2245    0/77W    16:00

             D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9      

             O9                                                

 4   CX 888  F5 AL J9 C9/HKG JFK  0030    0700    1/77W    18:30

             D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 QL      

             OL                                                

 5   CX 812  F5 A5 J9 C9/HKG BOS  1815    2220    0/77W        

             D9 I9 W9 R9 E9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9      

             O9                                                

  AA:CX7574  F2 A2 J4 C4/BOS JFK  0700‡1  0823‡1  0/738 TR 26:08

             D4 I4 Y4 B4 H4 K4 M4 L4 V4 S4 N4 Q4 O4

Quote:

Originally Posted by jagmeets (Post 31480061)

Saw that too- did the Z1 correlate to award availability on Asiamiles/other programs?

the ones that I saw had Z0 (vs no number after the U)..

I just saw that today and didn't have the chance to crosscheck on AsiaMiles website yet.

I hope this is correct. It will beat the heck out of checking with BA or Jl.

May I ask how you accessed that inventory? In Awards & Upgrades, CX isn't an option in the drop-down menu of all the airlines from which one can choose.

One can go into a Flight Availability search and specifically look for Z or U, but the BA site seems to be easier than doing it this way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiaotze (Post 31480593)

One can go into a Flight Availability search and specifically look for Z or U, but the BA site seems to be easier than doing it this way.

Can you set an alert on CX Z or U inventory on the BA site and have it email you when it becomes available?

Thanks jiaotze I had the same problem with the awards & upgrades on ef. I will try your suggestion.

Just tried ef flight availability on cx for z and u inventory iad/hkg. I t shows u with no number. Checked Ba for the same date(7/26/2020) and shows 4 business available. Don't know if that's accurate as BA often shows shadow inventory?

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmj9905 (Post 31480719)

that’s what CX shows as well (4 biz seats)

This is interesting to me for booking some CX awards from AS in the future. I searched a couple days around Xmas on EF: there are several Z1 seats on several LAX-HKG flights, but nothing shows up on QF or BA. I even tried a few married segments to see if it might pop up, but couldn't make any F seats appear. I don't have a CX acct, so if someone could also check that side it might help our DPs.

I'm looking at 1 Oct CX198
On AM it's U6 T2 X6 (I did trial and error)
On BAEC it's U0 T0 X0
On EF it's P0 T2 X0

Is EF U/P/T/X data meant to represent anything?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrAlex (Post 31482506)

JFKYVR (March) showing Z1 but BA/QF don't show awards in first. JFKHKG (June) showing Z1 and BA/QF DOES match. I'm not checking a ton of dates, just two particular days when I need to travel.

Jamie