Increased BA frequency JNB-MRU in Dec/Jan

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Nov 25, 2006 | 5:47 am

Cheetah_SA

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Increased BA frequency JNB-MRU in Dec/Jan

Has everyone noticed that there are more flights on this route - Wed and Sun (in addition to the usual Sat) during the SA holiday season of Dec to mid Jan? Gives a few more choices for MRU issued tickets. ^ But flights will be heavily booked so act fast.

Nov 25, 2006 | 11:32 am

gkrish5

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Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA

They are already. The first flight I could get was on MRU - JNB 20th Jan and that was two weeks ago. Nothing before that and the likelihood of anything opening up before that is very remote she said.

Nov 25, 2006 | 12:42 pm

Cheetah_SA

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What is wierd is that for many dates KVS shows the flight and nothing else - literally nothing. The flight is there but no fare buckets are listed- no J0 Y0 etc. - nada. For many others the economy fare buckets are there but no business fare buckets. It's almost as if they haven't been loaded. Am I living in a dream world to think that suddenly one day a whole bunch of extra seats in all classses will suddenly appear?

Nov 25, 2006 | 2:48 pm

Viajero

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Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA

What date ranges are you looking at and what class? I just had a quick look using EF at a couple of random January dates and the flights were wide open.

Nov 25, 2006 | 3:17 pm

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Originally Posted by Cheetah_SA

What is wierd is that for many dates KVS shows the flight and nothing else - literally nothing. The flight is there but no fare buckets are listed- no J0 Y0 etc. - nada.

It's an issue with the Amadeus engine -- sometimes, it does not show completely zeroed-out flights. If you swith to Apollo, you will see:

[KVS Availability Tool 2.5.3/Platinum - Apollo: ITN/US-TNT]

Code:

JNB  Johannesburg Int'l ZA [FAJS]
MRU  Mauritius S Seewoosagur Ram Int MU [FIMP]
SUN  07 Jan 2007

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- -------------------------------------- 
BA/OH     6397   JNB  09:10     MRU  15:20     733  0    Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 R0 L0 V0 S0 N0 E0 Q0 G0