Good day,
What am I doing wrong? What is the secret handshake I need to know?
I am in the very preliminary stages of planning a trip from SAT to VCE for May, 2013. I go to United.com to check award availability (I do NOT check the box indicating look at UA flights only) and I get a raft of UA flights with two changes. Some of the flights are UA-UA-LH, some are UA-LH-LH and there was a UA-LH-US.
But, when I go to USAirways.com, I see US-US [SAT-PHL, PHL-VCE].
When I use the ANA tool to check availability, my desired US-US flight pair shows availability.
WHY does the US-US flight pair NOT show up at United.com? Is it simply a matter of number of seats released by US to UA? I tried a variety of May and June dates at both United.com and the ANA tool because of that question, but the US-US pair never shows up.
I even downloaded Firefox thinking my current browser could be hammered, but no use - Firefox only went as far forward as DEC 2012 to make a reservation, absolutely no use at all.
I probably should not complain. All of the flights that appeared at United.com had ample connection time and I could arrive in VCE at the same time as the US flight from PHL to VCE. But it is irritating me to try to understand why this is occuring.
Any/All insights appreciated.
PS - when I use http://www.staralliance.com/en/booking/flight-search/ , it dredges up a US-US-US sequence; then when I click the "Book Here" link on the side, it takes me to my desired US-US flight pair at USAirways.com, NOT the US-US-US sequence shown at http://www.staralliance.com/en/booking/flight-search/.
PPS - oh yes, when I called United, the rep said "Well, I see it."
What am I doing wrong? What is the secret handshake I need to know?
I am in the very preliminary stages of planning a trip from SAT to VCE for May, 2013. I go to United.com to check award availability (I do NOT check the box indicating look at UA flights only) and I get a raft of UA flights with two changes. Some of the flights are UA-UA-LH, some are UA-LH-LH and there was a UA-LH-US.
But, when I go to USAirways.com, I see US-US [SAT-PHL, PHL-VCE].
When I use the ANA tool to check availability, my desired US-US flight pair shows availability.
WHY does the US-US flight pair NOT show up at United.com? Is it simply a matter of number of seats released by US to UA? I tried a variety of May and June dates at both United.com and the ANA tool because of that question, but the US-US pair never shows up.
I even downloaded Firefox thinking my current browser could be hammered, but no use - Firefox only went as far forward as DEC 2012 to make a reservation, absolutely no use at all.
I probably should not complain. All of the flights that appeared at United.com had ample connection time and I could arrive in VCE at the same time as the US flight from PHL to VCE. But it is irritating me to try to understand why this is occuring.
Any/All insights appreciated.
PS - when I use http://www.staralliance.com/en/booking/flight-search/ , it dredges up a US-US-US sequence; then when I click the "Book Here" link on the side, it takes me to my desired US-US flight pair at USAirways.com, NOT the US-US-US sequence shown at http://www.staralliance.com/en/booking/flight-search/.
PPS - oh yes, when I called United, the rep said "Well, I see it."