mo' data, mo' problems
Oct 19, 2011 | 8:53 am
#1
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mo' data, mo' problems
Patience, please. I'm new here!
On my last day of free trial of Expert Flyer and I see lots of interesting data - M fares with Z availability and even the magical S available on flights that I want...
BUT I cannot for the life of me cause them to come up on delta.com (or 3rd party booking sites). If I advanced search for M or higher, I always get B; search for S and get at least I - and usually higher than that.
Have played with searches, dates, routings, etc (you know - the way you'd do it *without* all the insight!) and can't get a hit.
Is there some trick to getting DL to sell me the seat that EF tells me is available?
On my last day of free trial of Expert Flyer and I see lots of interesting data - M fares with Z availability and even the magical S available on flights that I want...
BUT I cannot for the life of me cause them to come up on delta.com (or 3rd party booking sites). If I advanced search for M or higher, I always get B; search for S and get at least I - and usually higher than that.
Have played with searches, dates, routings, etc (you know - the way you'd do it *without* all the insight!) and can't get a hit.
Is there some trick to getting DL to sell me the seat that EF tells me is available?
Oct 19, 2011 | 9:00 am
#3
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Oct 19, 2011 | 9:03 am
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Oct 19, 2011 | 9:29 am
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My flight: DL260 MIA-LHR 01NOV shows:
On the Upgrade / Award page:
Z4
and on the Flight Availability page:
J9 C9 D9 I9 S8 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q8 K4 L0 U0 T0 E0
(there's my S and M - so to speak)
but no S or M on the Fare Information Results page.
So I guess I now have a EF usability question... do you really have to go through all that or is there a simpler way?
Oct 19, 2011 | 9:52 am
#7
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The mistake of looking at fare buckets without coordinating fare rules is pretty common, but, frankly, delta.com eliminates that problem.
Oct 19, 2011 | 11:42 am
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useful tips.
I have a question related to EF too.
When looking up D class (SM J class award redemption ticket) availability on KE for several different dates, I always show that that class doesn't exist.
Does EF not have access to KE D class information or was I really out of luck in choosing dates?
PS: I made sure I chose non-blackout dates.
I have a question related to EF too.
When looking up D class (SM J class award redemption ticket) availability on KE for several different dates, I always show that that class doesn't exist.
Does EF not have access to KE D class information or was I really out of luck in choosing dates?
PS: I made sure I chose non-blackout dates.