Tim, Apologies for singling out your note as an example. It isn't the only one. --On Thursday, February 2, 2017 15:58 +0000 Tim Chown <tjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 2 Feb 2017, at 15:39, Randal Atkinson <rja.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Most airlines, including all or nearly all major full-service >> international airlines, start selling tickets at least 12 >> months before the departure date for the 1st flight on an >> itinerary. >... > I just tried availability for flights from London to San > Francisco for July 2018 IETF. None of BA, Virgin or United > would offer tickets beyond January 2018. Perhaps it's > different for internal flights within the US? I may be suffering from an arithmetic failure, but according to my calendar, January 2018 is 12 months out and anything past the first week of February 2018, such as July 2018, is significantly more than 12 months out. I know that passions run high on this set of issues, but can we all please try to read each other's comments carefully enough to avoid confusing the discussions by (I presume accidentally) creating straw men and then attacking them? best, john