Fare disappearing for China Southern flights
Nov 24, 2019, 9:41 pm
#1
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Fare disappearing for China Southern flights
I'm trying to book a economy saver fare between nyc and Kuala Lumpur and then a return from Jakarta to NYC on China Southern airlines for June/July of 2020. When I do a search on the China southern site I'm able to find the flights I want at a great price and then when I go to book the flights after entering passenger details it says that the flights are no longer available at that price. When I do the search again right after this rejection the low fare is no longer available. So I wait till the next day, do the search again and it shows as available but after I try to book, it gets rejected again. Same thing happened the day after. Is this just a hopeless teaser or is there a trick I'm missing?
Nov 26, 2019, 4:20 am
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I'm trying to book a economy saver fare between nyc and Kuala Lumpur and then a return from Jakarta to NYC on China Southern airlines for June/July of 2020. When I do a search on the China southern site I'm able to find the flights I want at a great price and then when I go to book the flights after entering passenger details it says that the flights are no longer available at that price. When I do the search again right after this rejection the low fare is no longer available. So I wait till the next day, do the search again and it shows as available but after I try to book, it gets rejected again. Same thing happened the day after. Is this just a hopeless teaser or is there a trick I'm missing?
Nov 26, 2019, 10:58 am
#3
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Yep, tried Orbitz several times over a few days. Same result. It displays the low fare and then after I enter all the booking details and try to purchase the ticket, it says that the fare is sold out but then a day later it's "available" again when I do the same search.
Nov 26, 2019, 9:42 pm
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Yep, tried Orbitz several times over a few days. Same result. It displays the low fare and then after I enter all the booking details and try to purchase the ticket, it says that the fare is sold out but then a day later it's "available" again when I do the same search.