It's tricky to travel around Chinese New Year, especially if you in E/SE
Asia.
As for the MAS reservation system, it indeed needs an overhaul. Last
August I had to book several flights within Malaysia and was told that
the flight Miri-Bario (Sarawak) was fully booked.
In reality the local travel agents had booked all flights and just
wouldn't release them even if they had no customers, because MAS
wouldn't penalise them.
I was told that it often happens that flights from Miri to Bario which
are fully booked, in reality leave almost empty, just with a couple of
passengers on board.
In article ,
john@swiftnet.org says...
> I'm sitting here in Taipei where it is cold and rainy with very little
> to do on a six-day Taiwan Lunar New Year. Nothing but a friendly
> Tsingtao.
>
> Last mid-September I tried to book a seat from Taipei to Kota
> Kunabalu, Sabah but according to Malaysian Airlines the only direct
> flights were fully-booked for the holiday.
>
> I persisted in trying to get a seat and unless I made another choice
> early I was going to be stuck. MA would not reveal where I was on the
> standby list but the travel agent thought it was possible that MA
> would put on another flight. Finally, I had to fish or cut bait
> because to take even any flight I would have inform my employer of
> extra days off where I would have to be replaced.
>
> You got it...right after I told my boss I would take all extra shifts
> because I would be sitting on my ass anyway, the agency was told I had
> a seat on a second flight.
>
> All throughout this period, in abject stupidity, Malayasian travel
> promoters continued to promote tourism to Sabah on TV and nobody would
> reveal where I was on the standy list.
>
> Anyway, I will go in early May and pay a lot less than the robbery we
> are subjected to the extortionate inflated fares of this week.
>
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