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Is anyone aware of any delay with regards CX releasing award sets bookable on BA.com or Qatar? Last year I booked MNL-HKG 10 months in advance. This year they don’t seem to be releasing awards seats more than 5 months in advance. I have tried to book via BA and Qatar both online and via the phone but same result…
They also don’t seem to be releasing seats for all the flights every day whereas they did last year. Just wondering what’s changed?
I’m looking at the same route (both ways) for July this year and have noticed that there seem to be gaps of dates where there are no award flights, whether you check CX directly or on BA/QR (not sure about when tickets get released, which is what you’re asking about).
Yes they’ve got much tighter releasing award availability to oneworld partners
I’m looking at the same route (both ways) for July this year and have noticed that there seem to be gaps of dates where there are no award flights, whether you check CX directly or on BA/QR (not sure about when tickets get released, which is what you’re asking about).
Thanks both, I rang BA and got a very helpful person who agreed that the availability has dropped off a cliff compared to last year. Said he didn’t know for definite why, just that CX stop releasing seats once they hit a target. CX release 360 days before
Will wait a bit and see what happens and then likely to have to book for cash. I only closed my HSBC WE recently and so have no way to earn CX points atm. Hopefully I can apply again in 4 months
Just on the off chance it helps you, there are seats available 2 April…
CX does appear to use married segments as well. I don’t know if they did previously, but looking to fly back from Shanghai to London, lots of availability as a connection, but not on the individual flights.
CX does appear to use married segments as well. I don’t know if they did previously, but looking to fly back from Shanghai to London, lots of availability as a connection, but not on the individual flights.
Thanks @JDB…not entirely sure what a married segment is? Is it for example you can book MNL-HKG-LHR on one ticket and you have to do the whole trip? But you can’t see either MNL-HKG or HKG-LHR? If so that’s handy to know thanks, although not for this trip as I do already have my HKG-LHR booked.
CX does appear to use married segments as well. I don’t know if they did previously, but looking to fly back from Shanghai to London, lots of availability as a connection, but not on the individual flights.
Thanks @JDB…not entirely sure what a married segment is? Is it for example you can book MNL-HKG-LHR on one ticket and you have to do the whole trip? But you can’t see either MNL-HKG or HKG-LHR? If so that’s handy to know thanks, although not for this trip as I do already have my HKG-LHR booked.
Yes, that’s it (although it could be for either one or both sectors) and it can apply to cash fares as well as reward seats. Iberia and Qatar both use married segments whereas I don’t think BA usually does on reward seats, although it has at times with long haul flights starting from certain domestic points and availability isn’t always straightforward on the small number of one stop flights BA operates.
It’s a bigger deal in the US.
Understood thanks for the info, definitely worth knowing for future
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