CSA Czech Airlines blocking business class awards for partners

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Anonymous Guest

July 11, 2019, 7:49 pm

I’ve had my eye on the Etihad Guest redemption from PRG-ICN for a long time now, finally it came time to find availability and book… It seems like CSA Czech Airlines has blocked all Z (business class redemption) space for partners. This is what I see on KLM.com vs. EF, the space should be available at least to Skyteam partners, but it’s not.

EY Guest agents [B]cannot[/B] see any Z space visible on EF. For reference, I called Czech’s own program, OK+ and they [B]can[/B] see the Z space no problem. Economy class (E) space is not affected.

Additional data point, Delta also cannot see the OK Z space even on the phone.

Does anyone have any clever workarounds for this or insights they can share?

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Expert Flyer Availability showing E and Z space
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KLM.com showing only E (Economy) availability

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CSA Czech Airlines blocking business class awards for partners