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babyjesus Mar 12, 2007 2:16 pm

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Originally Posted by mudba (Post 7387081)
If both the 1K inventory and the normal inventory for economy awards have seats and a 1K calls. What bucket do they pull from?

I would hope that they would use the 1K bucket and leave the rest for the unworthy.

Does anyone know how this works?

I just booked a flight for next January and it pulled it out of the NY inventory, so i think 1K's get the NY seats and the non-1K people don't lose out.

kuroneko Mar 13, 2007 5:07 am

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Originally Posted by UNITED959 (Post 7387426)
This is a hit or miss, but status could make a difference between a phone agent telling you "no, there's no availability" and making a call to the inventory desk to see if space can be cleared..

I'd have to concur that this is probably the main advantage of 1K. Seems like the agents on the phone are a little more willing to check alternatives for you, which makes the possibility of getting an award higher.

Also, yes there is a special 1K bucket, but as pointed out in an earliar post, it is only for Y seats. I wonder how useful that really is anyway. I mean, how many 1ks do you know who would actually be willing to fly economy? :D


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