Air China domestic award/upgrade availability

[jch]

Hi does anyone know how to check Air China domestic award/upgrade availability (i.e PEK-SHA) without calling up their call centre?

When I search on Expert Flyer or United it only shows availability routing through international ports i.e HKG, TPE.

You can specify flights on the "Air China Kilometer Redemption Calculator" which shows the number of miles for reward redemption but not sure if it indicates award availability?

Kilometer Redemption Calculator

 

[jase05]

Hi does anyone know how to check Air China domestic award/upgrade availability (i.e PEK-SHA) without calling up their call centre?

When I search on Expert Flyer or United it only shows availability routing through international ports i.e HKG, TPE.

You can specify flights on the "Air China Kilometer Redemption Calculator" which shows the number of miles for reward redemption but not sure if it indicates award availability?

Kilometer Redemption Calculator

I can see them on United but can’t see any J availability with CA at all for random dates. Plenty of availability showing in Y for various domestic routes

 

[jch]

I can see them on United but can’t see any J availability with CA at all for random dates. Plenty of availability showing in Y for various domestic routes

Yeah the only J I got was through TPE/HKG which is a bit of a time and visa hassle (i.e mafan). Maybe worth a phone call closer to the time. Just had 15k CA miles left over from my time in China, I thought I might as well burn on an upgrade, hopefully on a long haul plane flying a domestic route.