award availability to India- Gone for a month starting 12 May. Like this for ages
Apr 22, 2018, 6:37 am
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award availability to India- Gone for a month starting 12 May. Like this for ages
I have been following the award availability to India for months now and it seems that all awards are gone for c. a month starting 12 May. Routes which have plenty of availability on awards before 12 May and in July onwards and empty revenue flights after 12 May 2018, yet not award availability after 12 May. Nowhere in India!
I know award availability is not a given but It is like someone had not uploaded award availability to India for that period as the pattern is very very strange.
Thanks
I know award availability is not a given but It is like someone had not uploaded award availability to India for that period as the pattern is very very strange.
Thanks
Last edited by palermo; Apr 22, 2018 at 7:07 am
Apr 26, 2018, 2:33 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2017
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I've been tracking C paid fares to India from US through the end of the schedule, and what was once a $4,500 roundtrip from LAX-DEL is now a $7,500 RT fare, suggesting to me that they did not load any lowest-fare business class codes into the system (a portion of which are usually opened up for award availability) for whatever reason (Q suites was my assumption, but if its the case from everywhere maybe its an issue with the DOH-(India) routes)
Apr 26, 2018, 8:33 pm
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I have been following the award availability to India for months now and it seems that all awards are gone for c. a month starting 12 May. Routes which have plenty of availability on awards before 12 May and in July onwards and empty revenue flights after 12 May 2018, yet not award availability after 12 May. Nowhere in India!
I know award availability is not a given but It is like someone had not uploaded award availability to India for that period as the pattern is very very strange.
Thanks
I know award availability is not a given but It is like someone had not uploaded award availability to India for that period as the pattern is very very strange.
Thanks
Apr 27, 2018, 2:11 pm
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I've been tracking C paid fares to India from US through the end of the schedule, and what was once a $4,500 roundtrip from LAX-DEL is now a $7,500 RT fare, suggesting to me that they did not load any lowest-fare business class codes into the system (a portion of which are usually opened up for award availability) for whatever reason (Q suites was my assumption, but if its the case from everywhere maybe its an issue with the DOH-(India) routes)
Apr 29, 2018, 11:20 pm
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Not sure what this has to do with it (probably nothing), but I'm going to India next month from the US, and my corporate fair rule showed a similar timeframe - that fare was ridiculously cheap for business ($200 above economy). Would they hold reward availability if they're trying to get business from deals given to businesses/agencies? Probably related to Ramadan
May 1, 2018, 5:34 am
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Not sure what this has to do with it (probably nothing), but I'm going to India next month from the US, and my corporate fair rule showed a similar timeframe - that fare was ridiculously cheap for business ($200 above economy). Would they hold reward availability if they're trying to get business from deals given to businesses/agencies? Probably related to Ramadan
In my mind It shows that QR revenue management could do things a lot better and monitor the bookings as they could make money by opening upgrades and awards rather than flying an empty cabin.
May 1, 2018, 8:15 am
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I'm sure they are monitoring the bookings since that is their core job to enable "revenue management"! Clearly, they have decided that for the time-being at least it is more attractive for them to limit awards and encourage cash fares. Maybe they will change their minds at some point, but sometimes it is more attractive for an airline to fly with empty seats than fill them with award passengers (potentially cannibalising their cash ticket sales).