Will the recent AZ YYZ-LCA debacle make it impossible to get an award seat in J?
Apr 18, 2006, 7:23 am
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Will the recent AZ YYZ-LCA debacle make it impossible to get an award seat in J?
Does FTs appropriation of D inventory mean it will be impossible to acquire an award seat with miles?
I’m curious to know if this sort of thing has repercussions outside AZ (and certain TA) offices.
I’m curious to know if this sort of thing has repercussions outside AZ (and certain TA) offices.
Apr 18, 2006, 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by LapLap
Does FTs appropriation of D inventory mean it will be impossible to acquire an award seat with miles?
I’m curious to know if this sort of thing has repercussions outside AZ (and certain TA) offices.
I’m curious to know if this sort of thing has repercussions outside AZ (and certain TA) offices.
Apr 18, 2006, 8:01 am
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Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy
I highly doubt it - AZ gets paid by other carriers for providing award seats. In any event, AZ is concentrating the LCA tickets on the YYZ-MXP/FCO flights, so anyone leaving from a gateway other than Toronto should find award seats without a problem.
Sorry, I should have been clearer - I meant actually on the YYZ-MXP route only.
Apr 18, 2006, 5:28 pm
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yeah, it would make sense that all the YYZ-MXP D seats are gone...i'm not sure if it would affect any other carriers, but if you really need a YYZ-MXP D seat, i'd see if you can take a YYZ-NYC/BOS/WAS hop on a skyteam partner and then a AZ flight from there
Apr 22, 2006, 3:38 am
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Originally Posted by Wiley
yeah, it would make sense that all the YYZ-MXP D seats are gone...i'm not sure if it would affect any other carriers, but if you really need a YYZ-MXP D seat, i'd see if you can take a YYZ-NYC/BOS/WAS hop on a skyteam partner and then a AZ flight from there
TTThere are only 509 tickets sold, and I doubt all of them will be used. IMHO that debacle won't have a major impact as the 509 tickets are spread over one year.
Apr 23, 2006, 10:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Daniele Della Rocca
TTThere are only 509 tickets sold, and I doubt all of them will be used. IMHO that debacle won't have a major impact as the 509 tickets are spread over one year.
Apr 28, 2006, 3:50 am
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If you take a look at KVS, you'll see that almost all YYZ-MXP/FCO flights have a good deal of J/D/I avail., even on Fri.s and Sun.s in July (peak travel time/days of the week). It's just the AZ CS segs with CY that would make it difficult to book a YYZ-LCA award in J. My 2 lira.