PZ not strictly greater than IN/I?
Jan 23, 2019, 9:32 pm
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Not that we can necessarily trust the phone agents but did he/she give any indication as to why? I too noticed a route I frequently fly and need to book a flight for next week is showing numerous flights I=1/2/3 and PZ=0. Seems like something is indeed messed up, considering these flights were the opposite a few days ago, unless this is indication of some sort of bigger change.
She also hadn’t heard anything about what the first agent told me, but noted that it sounded very similar to the CPU 96 hour policy for 1Ks, so she might have just been confused.
Jan 26, 2019, 9:22 pm
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I noticed the same thing as well today. Happened sometime after 5AM PST and before 12PM PST, so it wasn’t during the usual midnight CST daily refresh. One flight went from PZ7 I0 to PZ0 I0. Another flight went from PZ9 I9 to PZ0 I9. I’m hoping that the inventory comes back because I have to book my flights by tomorrow. AA will get my business if this hasn’t resolved by then...
Meanwhile, I’ve never personally seen or heard of PZ<I on UA before now.
Jan 26, 2019, 10:47 pm
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lots of PZs on weekday SFO TPE flights with Polaris 773s. Then again it was like this last year as well.
Jan 26, 2019, 11:15 pm
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For those who missed the other thread, this was an IT error. The website was showing all PZ inventory zeroed out for a day or so. It's now been fixed.
Jan 26, 2019, 11:18 pm
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Many of these recent sights of PZ<I are probably related to the PZ reported in Has UA Zeroed ALL Advance Polaris PZ Inventory?{Resolved or is it?Expert Mode error?}
Sep 12, 2021, 1:08 am
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Sep 12, 2021, 2:03 am
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I've also seen some flights where UA.com was showing PZ>0, IN=0, and I>0 (and I<=PZ), e.g., PZ2 IN0 I1. But when I go to book an award, that I space doesn't actually show as bookable. I've only seen this on close-in flights (departing within the next 1-2 days), but it's possible that it applies to other flights further out as well.
Sep 12, 2021, 11:44 am
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I've also seen some flights where UA.com was showing PZ>0, IN=0, and I>0 (and I<=PZ), e.g., PZ2 IN0 I1. But when I go to book an award, that I space doesn't actually show as bookable. I've only seen this on close-in flights (departing within the next 1-2 days), but it's possible that it applies to other flights further out as well.
Today I cannot find any examples.
Sep 12, 2021, 3:28 pm
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I saw this too, a day or so ago, exactly like that PZ2IN0I1 or like PZ5IN0I1, PZ6IN0I2, PZ9IN0I5. However, I did not think to check if an award could be booked. Did you search for awards with an account that can access IN? I wonder if a non-elite (no access to IN) would have been able to book.
Today I cannot find any examples.
Today I cannot find any examples.
In those cases, did/does PN = IN? Most of my examples had something like PN4 PZ2 IN4 or PN1 PZ0 IN1. I've yet to see PN8 PZ0 IN8. 8 seems like a relatively large difference between PN and PZ to begin with...
Sep 12, 2021, 6:35 pm
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Yeah, I was searching when logged in to my account, which has access to IN. I know UA.com would default to booking IN or XN even when I or X are available respectively, but I didn't know that it would only *search* for the IN or XN, instead of searching for IN + I or XN + X, to account for rare instances (hopefully glitches) like this.
In those cases, did/does PN = IN? Most of my examples had something like PN4 PZ2 IN4 or PN1 PZ0 IN1. I've yet to see PN8 PZ0 IN8. 8 seems like a relatively large difference between PN and PZ to begin with...
In those cases, did/does PN = IN? Most of my examples had something like PN4 PZ2 IN4 or PN1 PZ0 IN1. I've yet to see PN8 PZ0 IN8. 8 seems like a relatively large difference between PN and PZ to begin with...
In the examples I saw PN was always (strictly) greater than PZ, and PZ greater than I (and IN0 of course).
Sep 12, 2021, 9:04 pm
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And it’s not at all uncommon to see PN9 PZ0.
Sep 13, 2021, 10:18 pm
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In cases where PN>0, PZ=0, IN>0, has anyone had luck calling in and getting them to open PZ, based on a "I can book an award ticket but cannot use an upgrade instrument" reasoning or something similar?
Sep 13, 2021, 11:40 pm
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Front line agents (non-GS) don't get to make that kind of choice.
Sep 22, 2021, 1:47 pm
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J9 JN9 C9 D9 Z9 ZN9 P9 PN9 PZ0 IN9 I0
This is what an EWR-BRU flight looks like for a Jan flight. I thought IN wouldn't open before PZ but I am wrong apparently. Is PZ probably to open here soon given these stats? Trying to throw PlusPoints at a family member's reservation but I don't have PN resources unfortunately. Thanks!
This is what an EWR-BRU flight looks like for a Jan flight. I thought IN wouldn't open before PZ but I am wrong apparently. Is PZ probably to open here soon given these stats? Trying to throw PlusPoints at a family member's reservation but I don't have PN resources unfortunately. Thanks!