Pricing Error from Orlando?
Jun 12, 2018 | 9:26 am
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Jun 12, 2018 | 11:57 am
#47
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And besides, while I admit it's sometimes not that easy to find, only once have I not found something that worked. Maybe it's partly the routes people fly. We had 2 A seats DCA-SEA before a partner's schedule change blew the reservation apart last week. But we easily switched to JFK-SEA, still in first class. So it's definitely out there.
In the end, since I'm always connecting to/from much better seats on partner awards, even if I ended up in transcon Y it wouldn't be that big of a deal to me. People can come up with all kinds of self-serving 'reasons' why they should be able to get what they want, though.
In the end, since I'm always connecting to/from much better seats on partner awards, even if I ended up in transcon Y it wouldn't be that big of a deal to me. People can come up with all kinds of self-serving 'reasons' why they should be able to get what they want, though.
Jun 12, 2018 | 10:26 pm
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This happens all the time. AS does not guarantee one award space at the saver rate, either in F or Y.
Jun 12, 2018 | 10:51 pm
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Lots of frequent flyer plans operate like this. I had J and F awards to Asia from PHX using AA miles. Flying on CX for the long segments. Could I get even a single first class AA award seat at low levels, from PHX-LAX for the first leg 10+ months in advance. Nyet.
I had to periodically check, first I got one seat, then a few months later the last two seats opened up. Its just how things are, now.
Jun 12, 2018 | 10:55 pm
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Sure, of course I understand there are scenarios they cannot offer them all the time to maximize revenue. But on a flight that has a totally empty cabin, and not a single person booked in it? I could understand if even a single person was booked, but having a totally empty cabin with no saver space seems a little unjust to me.
Jun 12, 2018 | 10:57 pm
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Could be proof they want to award their FFs and really view their F as just slightly better than coach and want to reward their Golds and 75ks that have GGUs? They are known to care more about their customers many times than profit.
Jun 13, 2018 | 2:52 am
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Sure, of course I understand there are scenarios they cannot offer them all the time to maximize revenue. But on a flight that has a totally empty cabin, and not a single person booked in it? I could understand if even a single person was booked, but having a totally empty cabin with no saver space seems a little unjust to me.
Just a thought.
James
Jun 13, 2018 | 3:08 am
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Could be. I had not thought of this and you may be correct.
Jun 13, 2018 | 7:31 am
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Sure, of course I understand there are scenarios they cannot offer them all the time to maximize revenue. But on a flight that has a totally empty cabin, and not a single person booked in it? I could understand if even a single person was booked, but having a totally empty cabin with no saver space seems a little unjust to me.
The relevant question is not how many seats are sold now but how many seats AS thinks theyll be able to sell, at what fare, and how that fare compares to how AS values award revenue.
The one thing that that surprises me is U7 with no Saver award seats available. I would think the relative value of miles to upgrades would be skewed a little differently.
Jun 13, 2018 | 8:31 am
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Not seeing how this equates to "false advertising" as long as they're offering saver space on some routes. I've never seen them specify 'First Class awards available Saver Awards starting at 12.5k miles available on every flight' in any marketing materials.
Jun 13, 2018 | 3:10 pm
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Yes, youre never going to see them specify saver F awards at 12.5 because the price for them is 25k each way.
Jun 13, 2018 | 3:24 pm
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Jun 13, 2018 | 3:31 pm
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Jun 13, 2018 | 3:54 pm
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