Tools to check award availability?
Aug 1, 2009 | 9:47 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,223
Tools to check award availability?
I am trying to construct a OW award itinerary with AA miles. One of the segments will be on RJ. However, as is being discussed at AA forum, AA's system has some glitch about RJ and shows "no availability" when there is and others can see/book.
Hence my question: Are there other tools available? As a paying member I had great hopes from EF, but was disappointed to learn that EF doesn't follow RJ award inventory. People report using BA.com, but apparently you need to have BA miles which I don't. RJ's own agents, once they figured out I wasn't buying from them, were less than helpful.
All help appreciated. If I can determine availability it would strengthen my hand with AA agents. BTW the flight is
DEL to IST (one way) on RJ
Dec 29, +/- 3 days
2 seats, Business Class preferred, Economy tolerated.
Thanks for any info or help!
Hence my question: Are there other tools available? As a paying member I had great hopes from EF, but was disappointed to learn that EF doesn't follow RJ award inventory. People report using BA.com, but apparently you need to have BA miles which I don't. RJ's own agents, once they figured out I wasn't buying from them, were less than helpful.
All help appreciated. If I can determine availability it would strengthen my hand with AA agents. BTW the flight is
DEL to IST (one way) on RJ
Dec 29, +/- 3 days
2 seats, Business Class preferred, Economy tolerated.
Thanks for any info or help!
Aug 1, 2009 | 10:16 am
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 12,952
You should be able to check RJ award availability on BA.com (no mileage is required for this).
Otherwise, there are currently 2 C award seats available on BA:
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA]
Otherwise, there are currently 2 C award seats available on BA:
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA]
Code:
DEL Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l IN [VIDP] IST Istanbul Ataturk TR [LTBA] TUE 29 Dec 2009 | 2 Seats Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------ BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+ -> BA 676 LHR 09:50 IST 15:35 320 BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+ -> BA 868 LHR 08:30 BUD 12:00 320 -> MA 200 BUD 12:45 IST 15:35 F70
Aug 1, 2009 | 11:22 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Location: ORD, DEL
Programs: AA (Plt Pro; 1.5 MM)
Posts: 6,223
Otherwise, there are currently 2 C award seats available on BA
Another interesting thing I learned is that I need to search DEL-AMM and AMM-IST separately. If I say DEL-IST, then BA's site defaults to BA via LHR and never mentions the RJ option.
Again, thanks for your feedback.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Diamond - Amadeus: Awards/OneWorld/AU-QFA]
Code:
DEL Delhi Indira Gandhi Int'l IN [VIDP] IST Istanbul Ataturk TR [LTBA] TUE 29 Dec 2009 | 2 Seats Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------ BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+ -> BA 676 LHR 09:50 IST 15:35 320 BA 142 DEL 03:30 LHR 07:10 744 CS+ -> BA 868 LHR 08:30 BUD 12:00 320 -> MA 200 BUD 12:45 IST 15:35 F70
Aug 1, 2009 | 12:47 pm
#4
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Posts: 71,445
Does QF online award lookup cover RJ? QFF is free to join (if have address outside Australia & NZ) and also enables award search without miles in your account. Downside is limited to the destinations they've loaded into the pulldown list.