Advice travelling D Class RTW
Jul 18, 2010, 5:19 am
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Advice travelling D Class RTW
Hello Everyone,
I'm a little stuck. I need to do LHR-GRU on the 24th but as of now D class for TAM is at 0 seats. For just about 10 minutes it went to 7 seats available and then went back to 0 as per the AMEX ITN tool. I took that 10-minute opportunity to call United and request for a seat. Still waiting though (12-hour window not yet up)
So here are my questions:
1. What in your opinion is the best booking tool for *A RTW? KVS? Online services? etc.
2. What in your opinion could have happened for 7 seats to be available for such a short time? Glitch? Group of 7 making changes?
3. Not finding any D class availability for inbound GRU flights from Europe on that date (or one day later). Tried LHR, FRA, and CDG. Any idea of whats going on in GRU / Brazil?
4. For a price, am I allowed to upgrade my class to F for only one segment in an RTW ticket?
Thank you in advance everyone.
I'm a little stuck. I need to do LHR-GRU on the 24th but as of now D class for TAM is at 0 seats. For just about 10 minutes it went to 7 seats available and then went back to 0 as per the AMEX ITN tool. I took that 10-minute opportunity to call United and request for a seat. Still waiting though (12-hour window not yet up)
So here are my questions:
1. What in your opinion is the best booking tool for *A RTW? KVS? Online services? etc.
2. What in your opinion could have happened for 7 seats to be available for such a short time? Glitch? Group of 7 making changes?
3. Not finding any D class availability for inbound GRU flights from Europe on that date (or one day later). Tried LHR, FRA, and CDG. Any idea of whats going on in GRU / Brazil?
4. For a price, am I allowed to upgrade my class to F for only one segment in an RTW ticket?
Thank you in advance everyone.
Jul 18, 2010, 8:47 am
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KVS, Expertflyer, seatcounter etc all do the job.
It is not uncommon to not find D availability at such short notice. After all, the flight is in less than a week. Similar issues exist on many route and with many airlines.
The flight btw is very full.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.5.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/GTC/US-LTR]
There are reports that people were able to do cash upgrades of individual segments but of course this is very YMMV. And also, there is only one F seat left and at full fare F.
Maybe confirm in Y and hope for a D seat to open up?
The 7 seats you have seen might have just been while some waitlists were cleared.
It is not uncommon to not find D availability at such short notice. After all, the flight is in less than a week. Similar issues exist on many route and with many airlines.
The flight btw is very full.
[KVS Availability Tool 5.5.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/GTC/US-LTR]
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LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] GRU Sao Paulo Guarulhos Int'l SP BR [SBGR] SAT 24 Jul 2010 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ----------------------------------------------------------- BD 5805 LHR 22:05 GRU 05:35 +1 773 0 C0 D0 J0 Y4 B4 K0 M0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 G0 N0 E0 T0 JJ 8085 LHR 22:05 GRU 05:35 +1 773 0 F1 P0 A0 C2 D0 J0 Z0 Y7 B7 E7 U0 S0 M0 H0 K0 G0 Q0 V0 L0 W0
Maybe confirm in Y and hope for a D seat to open up?
The 7 seats you have seen might have just been while some waitlists were cleared.