What the!! Not one date available for Jet First award
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What the!! Not one date available for Jet First award
Just tried searching the entire next 330 days for one seat in Jet First and nada! Not one on any date! DEL-LHR ...?
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Hmm. That's interesting. DEL-MXP frequently had two seats available, but I had AA check DEL-LHR for the whole month of July and they could only see one seat for the whole month. I didn't check other months since I was just trying to get an idea.
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Newspaper reports and FA's indicate MXP is going full in the back mostly, and sometimes only in one direction - this is why you might have seen 2 seats in Premiere.
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I'm not surprised. I'm guessing it's going full in the DEL-MXP direction? Wonder if Jet interlines with someone on the other end. To be completely honest, I find their strategy quite bizarre. Of all the places they could start service, Milan? Really? There can't be that much O&D traffic and I don't think they can offer good connections from Milan. (My Dad tells me that they're trying to build Milan as another hub but I don't know where he read this. He says it's because slots and landing/parking costs are lower in Milan, which sort of makes sense I suppose, but again, I don't have numbers.)
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I'm not surprised. I'm guessing it's going full in the DEL-MXP direction? Wonder if Jet interlines with someone on the other end. To be completely honest, I find their strategy quite bizarre. Of all the places they could start service, Milan? Really? There can't be that much O&D traffic and I don't think they can offer good connections from Milan. (My Dad tells me that they're trying to build Milan as another hub but I don't know where he read this. He says it's because slots and landing/parking costs are lower in Milan, which sort of makes sense I suppose, but again, I don't have numbers.)
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Alitalia is new 9W partner
I'm not surprised. I'm guessing it's going full in the DEL-MXP direction? Wonder if Jet interlines with someone on the other end. To be completely honest, I find their strategy quite bizarre. Of all the places they could start service, Milan? Really? There can't be that much O&D traffic and I don't think they can offer good connections from Milan. (My Dad tells me that they're trying to build Milan as another hub but I don't know where he read this. He says it's because slots and landing/parking costs are lower in Milan, which sort of makes sense I suppose, but again, I don't have numbers.)
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There was one seat available in C on DEL-MXP-DEL and DEL-LHR occasionally in the same time frame. I don't know how you guys are getting 2 seats in C. AA saw one seat, but DL didn't see any though I think I might have just gotten a bad agent at DL.
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Spoke to AA and DL again today. AA and DL did not see anything in April and May from DEL-BRU or back in C.
There was one seat available in C on DEL-MXP-DEL and DEL-LHR occasionally in the same time frame. I don't know how you guys are getting 2 seats in C. AA saw one seat, but DL didn't see any though I think I might have just gotten a bad agent at DL.
There was one seat available in C on DEL-MXP-DEL and DEL-LHR occasionally in the same time frame. I don't know how you guys are getting 2 seats in C. AA saw one seat, but DL didn't see any though I think I might have just gotten a bad agent at DL.
If not, then they will not even be available to partners.
First of all, it will be *very* rare to find those 2 seats - especially as the number of JP members has grown and are *actively* redeeming their miles - as well as Jet partners buying miles left and right and giving them to non-flying members as well.
Note that Jet's routes are not expanding as rapidly as their membership and/or the number of miles competing for the *same* seats.
Combine that with a possible reduction of award seats (revenue control) due to heavily booked flights nowadays, the seats are rare to come by.
Further, only 1 F award is usually made available.
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First see if any awards are even available to Jet members.
If not, then they will not even be available to partners.
First of all, it will be *very* rare to find those 2 seats - especially as the number of JP members has grown and are *actively* redeeming their miles - as well as Jet partners buying miles left and right and giving them to non-flying members as well.
Note that Jet's routes are not expanding as rapidly as their membership and/or the number of miles competing for the *same* seats.
Combine that with a possible reduction of award seats (revenue control) due to heavily booked flights nowadays, the seats are rare to come by.
Further, only 1 F award is usually made available.
If not, then they will not even be available to partners.
First of all, it will be *very* rare to find those 2 seats - especially as the number of JP members has grown and are *actively* redeeming their miles - as well as Jet partners buying miles left and right and giving them to non-flying members as well.
Note that Jet's routes are not expanding as rapidly as their membership and/or the number of miles competing for the *same* seats.
Combine that with a possible reduction of award seats (revenue control) due to heavily booked flights nowadays, the seats are rare to come by.
Further, only 1 F award is usually made available.
The reason I don't think 9W is offering 2 seats in C is because it seems very unlikely that most people would redeem only 1 seat (thus leaving another seat for that day).