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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #40 on: January 27, 2013, 03:39:43 PM »
Where to where?

TLV-Europe - No problems
TLV-BOM - No Problems
TLV - NYC - I'd say 50% success.
TLV - BKK/HKG/PEK - I'd say 80% not successful.

On the note reporting the issue it says "sporadic issues", which is certainly true...
Is there a lot of TLV - BOM availability usually? And is it lie-flat?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #41 on: January 27, 2013, 03:56:27 PM »
767 old planes. angled lieflat.
availability is not as good as HKG at all, but still not bad. especially that its just 25k in J.
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #42 on: February 04, 2013, 03:16:43 PM »
any updates on booking aa award tickets? just tried for tlv-bkk and systems are down

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #43 on: February 04, 2013, 03:17:26 PM »
any updates on booking aa award tickets? just tried for tlv-bkk and systems are down
No updates as of yet. Crazy.....
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #44 on: February 06, 2013, 12:17:53 PM »
I also just tried for LAX-TLV in business and everything's not avail

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #45 on: February 06, 2013, 12:26:52 PM »
I also just tried for LAX-TLV in business and everything's not avail
Unless it's 8-9 months in advance, nothing would be available anyhow.
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #46 on: February 06, 2013, 03:26:43 PM »
No updates as of yet. Crazy.....
What do they say when you talk to them?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #47 on: February 06, 2013, 03:27:49 PM »
I also just tried for LAX-TLV in business and everything's not avail
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #48 on: February 06, 2013, 03:41:27 PM »
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Just booked 2 seats Lax to TLV yesterday

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #49 on: February 06, 2013, 03:48:53 PM »
Just booked 2 seats Lax to TLV yesterday
dates ?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #50 on: February 07, 2013, 09:18:55 AM »
Unless it's 8-9 months in advance, nothing would be available anyhow.

Aha thanks. Not even worth a shot?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #51 on: February 07, 2013, 09:40:44 AM »
No updates as of yet. Crazy.....
I've been tweeting back and forth with them again...
If i hear anything, I'll let you know.

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #52 on: February 07, 2013, 12:24:11 PM »
What do they say when you talk to them?
"seats are aviilable but systems are down, try again later today"

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #53 on: February 07, 2013, 01:52:00 PM »
ive been calling aa every day for a week already trying to get a seat on the mar 3rd 1 am flight from tlv to jfk they keep saying nothings available anything around those dates. any ideas?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #54 on: February 07, 2013, 02:04:16 PM »
ive been calling aa every day for a week already trying to get a seat on the mar 3rd 1 am flight from tlv to jfk they keep saying nothings available anything around those dates. any ideas?

If it's available on LY, then keep trying and escalating, you can get lucky eventually. If it's not available on LY, then no luck.
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #55 on: February 07, 2013, 03:19:59 PM »
If it's available on LY, then keep trying and escalating, you can get lucky eventually. If it's not available on LY, then no luck.
for $ ita available even thru aa
what does keep escalating mean?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #56 on: February 07, 2013, 03:20:58 PM »
for $ ita available even thru aa
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #57 on: February 07, 2013, 03:26:50 PM »
for $ ita available even thru aa
what does keep escalating mean?
AA doesnt have the power to force LY to release award inventory. If it's not available it's not available.

This thread is about difficulty booking inventory which is available.
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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #58 on: February 07, 2013, 03:55:26 PM »
AA doesnt have the power to force LY to release award inventory. If it's not available it's not available.

This thread is about difficulty booking inventory which is available.
how do i know when its not available & when its not being relased?

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Re: Using AAdvantage miles? What happened to ELAL award inventory?
« Reply #59 on: February 07, 2013, 04:24:01 PM »
how do i know when its not available & when its not being relased?

Elal.com or expertflyer.com
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