ljwobker

So... let's say I want to try and find something with reasonable chances to upgrade on, so we do the usual thing of looking for flights that have better availability in the P/Z bucket. But if I'm connecting domestically before my longhaul flight and I search expertflyer, I get the combined availability for the whole trip.

Said another way, if I'm looking at RDU-IAH-SYD on United, expertflyer might well say something like J2 C2 D0 Z0 P0, *but* it's entirely possible that's because the RDU-IAH segment only has 2 seats available in J/C and none in D/Z/P. When what I *really* care about is what the IAH-SYD leg looks like: if that one is Z9 P9 then there's a much better chance I can get that upgrade to clear.

So while I certainly CAN individually search each single leg, I'm hoping maybe someone has a shortcut where I can still do the search by saying "get me from RDU to SYD" when in reality I want it to show me each individual segment's availability instead of the availability for the whole trip.

Any ideas?

findark

Searching individual segments is the only way to do this. If by happenstance the leftmost pricing column contains a fare break you will get separate inventory, but you can't force this to happen. EF will always do an O&D inventory validation.