Award partners vanished
Aug 25, 2015, 7:40 am
#121
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So the next question is: if ATH-AMS-ATL is showing KLM @ 30k but AMS-ATL only is showing DL @ 60k, will I have luck calling? I'm not ready to call yet, but am trying to figure out my strategy going forward. Has anyone gotten them to book such on phone?
Aug 25, 2015, 8:02 am
#122
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True - that was a bad example.
Thanks for finding another example and glad the mixed cabin option is available still!
Right, I was simply pointing out what seems to be a difference between bookings on partners and DL. As far as I can tell, you can't mix economy space on a two-cabin DL flight with business class space on DL or partner flights without ending up with end-on-end pricing. However, in the example I showed, flights on KLM in business and economy (both two-cabin aircraft) on the same award do not cause additive pricing like they would on DL flights (if you could even get such an award to book).
Aug 25, 2015, 11:21 pm
#123
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Just like the stopover was near the end of last year. The question is for how much longer? (Given Dullta's past track record of a major devaluation released live too early, then backtracked, but then put out live after all.)
Aug 26, 2015, 7:37 am
#124
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Oddly, right now AS.com and AF.com won't even show those single JFK-ICN KE award seats that DL.com does show, so there doesn't seem to be any easy way of checking to see if the blocking of award space is outbound by KE or inbound by DL.
Aug 26, 2015, 10:50 am
#125
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Agreed. Also AF had the same issue as DL and only had KE flights ever available Mon-Thu, but never any KE flights Fri, Sat, Sun for the last month+. Now just in the last few days now KE flights are available again Fri-Sun again. So, it may very well be KE only releasing 1 O and 2 X seats SkyTeam wide, and (earlier, but not anymore at this time at least) only doing so Mon-Thu, while Fri-Sun inventory released is absolute zero.