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ExpertFlyer.com Help Desk Thread
Apr 14, 2015, 8:04 am
#916
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 156
Exper Flyer not Alerting me of T Award Space on US Airways
I had set an alert in expert flyer for T MilesAAVer space on a flight from GRR to PHL for 4/26.
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
Apr 14, 2015, 9:32 am
#918
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Dallas
Programs: AAdvantage EXP, IHG Spire, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,523
I had set an alert in expert flyer for T MilesAAVer space on a flight from GRR to PHL for 4/26.
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
Apr 14, 2015, 7:44 pm
#919
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
I had set an alert in expert flyer for T MilesAAVer space on a flight from GRR to PHL for 4/26.
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
I randomly checked the other day and saw 3 seats were available. I booked right away, but I had never gotten an e-mail from Expert Flyer telling me about the seats.
Has anyone else noticed this? I had set an alert for two T seats, and a separate alert for 1 seat. So far, still no e-mail (even though there is one seat left as of this morning).
In the event that there was T2 before you claimed the award, you could run a Quick Check of the alert and that would confirm that the system would alert you on the next scheduled check of the alert.
Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 pm
#920
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
This is not true for when Air Canada seats are released at the end of the schedule (past 330 days). For example, there is economy and business class seats available on April 2, 2016 on aeroplan.com, but Expertflyer says "No availability can be found for the date and class(es) specified."
Apr 26, 2015, 11:38 pm
#921
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: BOS
Posts: 314
I used to be able to pull up fares that Alaska published as a corporate discount with the /PVT designator on the fare (as long as I unticked "validate fares"), but those no longer show up. Was it a bug that I ever got to see those?
Apr 27, 2015, 4:38 pm
#922
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Private fares are by definition not available to any agency but the ones the fares are for. Probably a mistake on their part.
Apr 30, 2015, 9:19 am
#923
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: ORD (formerly SAN)
Programs: Hilton Diamond; IHG Platinum; Bonvoy Gold; AA Platinum Pro and United Premier Silver (DH = AA EXP)
Posts: 1,929
I booked award tickets (AA) on JAL from ORD-NRT. On expertflyer, it shows row 5 seats A and C open. The only seats blocked on row 5 are H and K. However, when I selected seats, A and C are also shown as blocked in addition to H and K. When I called the plat desk at AA, they said they cannot select A and C either. What does this mean? Can I call JAL to select these seats, or is there some other process to obtain these seats, or is expertflyer just not showing correct info?
Apr 30, 2015, 11:21 am
#924
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
I booked award tickets (AA) on JAL from ORD-NRT. On expertflyer, it shows row 5 seats A and C open. The only seats blocked on row 5 are H and K. However, when I selected seats, A and C are also shown as blocked in addition to H and K. When I called the plat desk at AA, they said they cannot select A and C either. What does this mean? Can I call JAL to select these seats, or is there some other process to obtain these seats, or is expertflyer just not showing correct info?
Apr 30, 2015, 12:16 pm
#925
Ambassador: Japan Airlines
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: LAX
Programs: JAL Mileage Bank, JMB Diamond, oneworld Emerald, Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 16,399
I booked award tickets (AA) on JAL from ORD-NRT. On expertflyer, it shows row 5 seats A and C open. The only seats blocked on row 5 are H and K. However, when I selected seats, A and C are also shown as blocked in addition to H and K. When I called the plat desk at AA, they said they cannot select A and C either. What does this mean? Can I call JAL to select these seats, or is there some other process to obtain these seats, or is expertflyer just not showing correct info?
Apr 30, 2015, 1:49 pm
#926
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: ORD (formerly SAN)
Programs: Hilton Diamond; IHG Platinum; Bonvoy Gold; AA Platinum Pro and United Premier Silver (DH = AA EXP)
Posts: 1,929
Apr 30, 2015, 9:25 pm
#927
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP, lowly UA 1K; Hyatt Diamond, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold; National EC, Hertz PC
Posts: 2,215
Debating re-opening my EF account. I found I wasn't really using very often to justify the cost but have found there are a few things I miss. Are there any current deals when you sign up out there?
Apr 30, 2015, 9:46 pm
#928
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
If you sign up for the Yearly Premium plan you get 12 months for the price of 10.
Apr 30, 2015, 9:54 pm
#929
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Thanks for letting us know about that. We have the ability to request the seat map using any class code, and if we request using D instead of J those seats are returned as Blocked instead of Available. However we also found that JAL will then show those seats as Blocked instead of Occupied even if they are actually occupied, which isn't consistent with the rest of the seat map. However we welcome input on which would be more useful to our customers.
May 1, 2015, 5:10 am
#930
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
Thanks for letting us know about that. We have the ability to request the seat map using any class code, and if we request using D instead of J those seats are returned as Blocked instead of Available. However we also found that JAL will then show those seats as Blocked instead of Occupied even if they are actually occupied, which isn't consistent with the rest of the seat map. However we welcome input on which would be more useful to our customers.