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New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« on: September 03, 2019, 01:55:07 PM »
You guys will be the first to be in the loop about this new El Al award search tool, still in beta testing:

https://www.elal.com/rbddataclients/

Enjoy  8)

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2019, 04:15:28 PM »
How can I book those with Qantas? I've searched their site daily for Feb and found zero availability. Here it shows 2 avail for the dates I need

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2019, 04:25:13 PM »
How can I book those with Qantas? I've searched their site daily for Feb and found zero availability. Here it shows 2 avail for the dates I need
yeah, wont be much of a help for the seats LY blocks from QF

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2019, 04:25:48 PM »
This tool should be helpful is pressuring LY to tell us what's going on with blocked flights.
Let's see where this round goes.
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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2019, 04:38:01 PM »
How can I book those with Qantas? I've searched their site daily for Feb and found zero availability. Here it shows 2 avail for the dates I need
One thing I noticed is that sometime the seats it shows as available are not the same date as the search.
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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2019, 04:39:53 PM »
This tool should be helpful is pressuring LY to tell us what's going on with blocked flights.
Let's see where this round goes.

Should I call/text QF and ask them to search for those dates? or if it's blocked online its blocked from them as well
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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2019, 04:41:46 PM »
"Flights that have 2 or more available seats, the number 2 will be displayed."

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2019, 04:43:03 PM »
One thing I noticed is that sometime the seats it shows as available are not the same date as the search.
It gives results +/- 7 days of what you search. Actually very convenient.

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2019, 04:44:37 PM »
"Flights that have 2 or more available seats, the number 2 will be displayed."

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2019, 04:47:58 PM »
What a non-answer. We know that. The question is why? Doesn't seem like it would be hard to implement.  ::)

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2019, 04:49:18 PM »
It gives results +/- 7 days of what you search. Actually very convenient.
yes it is convenient but needs to be taken into account especially when there may only be available for flights too close to shabbos.
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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2019, 05:20:22 PM »
Should I call/text QF and ask them to search for those dates? or if it's blocked online its blocked from them as well
Nope. tried, they didn't see it, despite showing 2.

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2019, 05:29:28 PM »
The data on the site seems to be wrong in general. I.E. the site is showing 2 seats available for Septemeber 21st on flight 004. The issue is there doesn't seem to be a flight 004 on that date

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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2019, 06:00:00 PM »
Should I call/text QF and ask them to search for those dates? or if it's blocked online its blocked from them as well
QF can only book what you can see online for NY
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Re: New El Al tool for checking award availability (in Beta)
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2019, 06:00:37 PM »
You guys will be the first to be in the loop about this new El Al award search tool, still in beta testing:

https://www.elal.com/rbddataclients/

Enjoy  8)
Has great potential thanks!