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After checking daily for availability, finally got the dates I wanted (just difference of 1 day as compared to my ideal dates). 2 of the flights times wasn’t waitlist so I booked last night without hesitation! And got to travel on 2 types of aircraft, A359 n B777er with the new J seats.
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Originally posted by EWR View PostThanks. I have tried two dozen times, if not 5 million, calling them now and then to check on availability but they wouldn't budge. New flights have been added to JNB and CPT, but the situation seems oddly the same. We are now 3+ months away from the trip. Should I call them some more, or just wait a week before the first sector? My sense is after we leave SIN, it would just be a hassle to chase anymore, and even to change flights since we will be in the middle of nowhere in Africa on some days...
CX is an option, with a bit of miles transferring. But then I have ticketed with SQ for a not as favourable return date
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So it's turns out my waitlist cleared, exactly one month before the flight. I had called to ask for chaser every month, but frankly I got tired of the game. However during my last call, I was told that chances were good. I also checked the seating situation using dummy revenue bookings, the waitlisted flight was consistently empty while the flight I was confirmed on, for a Wed departure was filling up. It made no sense. I think now they move me so that they can sell more on the filled out Wed flight. Revenue tickets for Wed are cheapest
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Originally posted by EWR View PostSo it's turns out my waitlist cleared, exactly one month before the flight. I had called to ask for chaser every month, but frankly I got tired of the game. However during my last call, I was told that chances were good. I also checked the seating situation using dummy revenue bookings, the waitlisted flight was consistently empty while the flight I was confirmed on, for a Wed departure was filling up. It made no sense. I think now they move me so that they can sell more on the filled out Wed flight. Revenue tickets for Wed are cheapest
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On several occasions recently, when I booked saver redemption flights on wait-list, they cleared within a few seconds.
Seems like there may be hidden availability that only shows up when triggered by demand. Perhaps it grabs from the Advantage bucket?
Overall, however, I find that it is tougher to get a wait-listed saver redemption flight cleared nowadays. Used to be almost 100% even for someone without status like me - but not anymore. Not only that, but popular routes are snapped up within the day they are released!
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