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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2012, 01:05:17 PM »
Yup, both of them succeeded, and ticketed. Even changed a  flights on one of them because I clicked on the wrong date, and it was fixed on the phone.

Wolf was correct, actually. I searched for "2 travelers" and it didn't show all the available spaces that I saw when I searched for "1 traveler". Not sure why, but I did end up having to do 2BM and I got both spaces ok.

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2012, 01:08:26 PM »
Aha, not as simple as you implied it was. Interesting that the phone rep still put you on the flight if there was no inventory, though they definitely have the ability to override inventory if they feel like it.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2012, 01:13:38 PM »
Aha, not as simple as you implied it was. Interesting that the phone rep still put you on the flight if there was no inventory, though they definitely have the ability to override inventory if they feel like it.

Ah, sorry about the misunderstanding. I actually got all that I ticketed for online; I just happened to have to change one of the stopover flights because my parents asked for a change of date. Luckily, that flight was wide open (all green on the surrounding date/times too).  So, minus my mistake, the 2BM worked like a charm.

Except now...I'm going to have to start searching for 1 space at a time and second-guess myself  :-\

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2012, 01:22:35 PM »
Wolf was correct, actually. I searched for "2 travelers" and it didn't show all the available spaces that I saw when I searched for "1 traveler". Not sure why, but I did end up having to do 2BM and I got both spaces ok.

Maybe I'm the one who is confused. Why was Wolf correct?  ???

Just because you saw there was availability when searching for 1 pax doesn't mean you could have actually booked that ticket with 2 pax (as you experience shows). The fact that it succeeded using 2bm also does not mean you could have booked it when reg-searching for 2 pax.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2012, 01:58:37 PM »
whats a good website to check award flights similar to ITA but for mileage? (if there is one)

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2012, 02:05:14 PM »
whats a good website to check award flights similar to ITA but for mileage? (if there is one)

I don't think there are any free ones (anymore?)
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #26 on: January 16, 2012, 02:12:53 PM »
Why was Wolf correct?  ???
AJK I didnt say anything I didnt argue with you at all, I would never, you are among one of the most knowledgeable writers here on DDF....

All I did was ask a simple question, why its like that, just for the experience and knowledge.
thats it.

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2012, 02:13:52 PM »
AJK I didnt say anything I didnt argue with you at all, I would never, you are from one of the most knowledgeable writers here on DDF....

How did you measure that?
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2012, 02:20:03 PM »
All I did was ask a simple question, why its like that, just for the experience and knowledge.
thats it.

I, too, was asking because it seemed I was misunderstanding something when he said you were correct. I wasn't attacking you :P
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2012, 02:21:55 PM »
How did you measure that?
I didn't write that he is the most, I wrote that he is AMONG ,
But if I would be talking about you Ashero, then you might of even gotten a better compliment. YMMV....

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2012, 02:22:10 PM »
How did you measure that?

Here we go...
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2012, 02:22:56 PM »
I didn't write that he is the most, I wrote that he is AMONG ,
But if I would be talking about you Ashero, then you might of even get a better compliment. YMMV....

I'm not looking for complements, I'm wondering how you measured his knowledge.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2012, 02:28:50 PM »
I'm not looking for complements, I'm wondering how you measured his knowledge.
I'll tell you how,
The best things about this site is that nobody can be proven wrong. Its the first place that I know of, that when you prove somebody wrong he just answers YMMV, that's it, and he is protected, so in other words there's is absolutely no way of knowing who's knowledgeable and who not.
I just figured that the people who talk alot and write alot must be picking up something after all those posts and comments.
Look at AJK for instance he wrote 3420 posts since Jun 2011, well if he's even a drop above the very stupid people he mustove picked something up from writing so much.
Am I right?

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2012, 02:44:27 PM »
I'm not looking for complements, I'm wondering how you measured his knowledge.

Post count, obviously. Isn't that the absolute measure of everything?
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2012, 02:45:29 PM »
I'll tell you how,
The best things about this site is that nobody can be proven wrong. Its the first place that I know of, that when you prove somebody wrong he just answers YMMV, that's it, and he is protected, so in other words there's is absolutely no way of knowing who's knowledgeable and who not.
I just figured that the people who talk alot and write alot must be picking up something after all those posts and comments.
Look at AJK for instance he wrote 3420 posts since Jun 2011, well if he's even a drop above the very stupid people he mustove picked something up from writing so much.
Am I right?
Post count, obviously. Isn't that the absolute measure of everything?

::) This is why we need mod/karma points.

I can unequivocally say that my post count has nothing to do with my degree of knowledge, and I have more than 3420 posts, so feel free to reply 'YMMV'.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #35 on: January 16, 2012, 02:49:15 PM »
You saw this coming a mile away. So did I for that matter.

But that does not mean I haven't contributed to this forum.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2012, 02:55:05 PM »
You saw this coming a mile away. So did I for that matter.

But that does not mean I haven't contributed to this forum.

Are you replying to me? My question to Wolf wasn't specifically about how he measured your knowledge, it was what method he used to measure knowledge. I agree you've contributed a lot to this forum*.

* Doesn't mean I don't have any complaints.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2012, 03:07:51 PM »
Are you replying to me? My question to Wolf wasn't specifically about how he measured your knowledge, it was what method he used to measure knowledge. I agree you've contributed a lot to this forum*.

* Doesn't mean I don't have any complaints.

I was replying to you and you're most certainly entitled to your complaints. Though we haven't always seen eye to eye, I find solace in the fact that the past becomes the past (for most people anyway), and that tomorrow is another day in which we can continue sharing and being helpful. Just like many others, I have learned from DDF, and I'd like to think I have done my fair share of helping many others as well.
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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #38 on: January 16, 2012, 03:12:24 PM »
re: wolf & AJK, I'm not sure anymore what your guys' understanding of my issue is/was, so here's my summary and I'm out of this discussion.

Search one-way flight SFO-JKT for 2 pax  = only 2PM flight available
Search same flight....for 1 pax = 2PM and 10AM flight available
My question: does that mean (as it looks) that there's only 1 award space available on the 10AM?

so I 2BM'ed the 10AM flight, and I got 2 spaces.
Conclusion: seems like there's more availability than it looks at first glance.

Why is it that way? (I think this was Wolf's question). I have no idea. 2BM worked for me, so YMMV.

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Re: Award space open for 1 traveler on search, but not two?
« Reply #39 on: January 16, 2012, 03:12:51 PM »
I was replying to you and you're most certainly entitled to your complaints. Though we haven't always seen eye to eye, I find solace in the fact that the past becomes the past (for most people anyway), and that tomorrow is another day in which we can continue sharing and being helpful. Just like many others, I have learned from DDF, and I'd like to think I have done my fair share of helping many others as well.

What if my complaints (and possibly other people's too) aren't just in the past?

re: wolf & AJK, I'm not sure anymore what your guys' understanding of my issue is/was, so here's my summary and I'm out of this discussion.

Search one-way flight SFO-JKT for 2 pax  = only 2PM flight available
Search same flight....for 1 pax = 2PM and 10AM flight available
My question: does that mean (as it looks) that there's only 1 award space available on the 10AM?

so I 2BM'ed the 10AM flight, and I got 2 spaces.
Conclusion: seems like there's more availability than it looks at first glance.

Why is it that way? (I think this was Wolf's question). I have no idea. 2BM worked for me, so YMMV.

You're making a mistake. It seems there's only 1 spot and by using the 2BM you managed to trick the system (or the agent who overrode the system) into giving you another spot.
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