Flight Availability/Loadings & Upgrade Probability Help Desk

[Sprucegoose]

PLEASE INCLUDE DATE, FLIGHT NUMBER, ORIGIN & DESTINATION IN ALL REQUESTS

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>>>> ADDED BY ADMIN (6 Sept 2010) <<<<

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Background to this thread
We have noticed an increase in the posting of questions about seat availability on specific flights. These are all valid questions and we all appreciate the efforts our members go to to provide answers.

The only drawback is that our forums can become "cluttered" with specific questions about availability on specific flights. This tends to reduce the overall usability of our site.
We have therefore created this new consolidated thread where you can ask questions about seat availability on specific flights. Hopefully, this will reduce clutter and improve useability.

Guidelines for posting in this thread
Please post questions about availability of specific flights or upgrade probability in this new consolidated thread. Be sure to include the airline, flight number, date, origin and destination and any other relevant detail.

When answering questions, please include the original question. This will assist in readability and management of the thread.

Thanks!

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For Questions about Aircraft Configuration and Seat Availability, please use this thread:​

Understanding [Fare Buckets] Expert Flyer

I'd appreciate some help understanding the information EF provides. For example, F6 A6 J9 C9 D9 I0 B9 H9 K9 M9 R9 L9 V9 S0 N0 Q0 O0 X0 E0 What letters do I look at to try to work out how many seats are still available in economy? What letters do I look at to try to work out how many...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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See this thread for hints on how to read loadings:

Interpreting and Understanding Expert Flyer​

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If looking for, say Qantas points upgrades, look for A class for First, mid to high D or any I class for Business and any R for Premium Economy.

Look for the most expensive category of the cabin YOU are currently booked in as being sold out e.g. J0 to first, W0 to Business & Y0 to PE for increased op-up chances. Also, look for availability on the discount premium buckets (A, P, I, D, U, T & Z inventories).

Conversely, look for high numbers in the discount economy buckets (N, O, Q, E & X inventories) for reduced op-up chances.

Seat maps can be a VERY rough guide but note that just because a seat is not showing as allocated does not mean that seat hasn't been sold. Not everyone pre-selects seats.

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Original thread title: update on QF93 on 12 sept

Appreciate it if someone could check ExpertFlyer for loadings.

thnxs

SPRUCE

 

[elanshin]

Possibly. Could be me refreshing and melting down the servers trying to see if the fares are actually real and screaming it cant be. Haha.

I can see some sneaky award availability show up but its all very inconsistent for what are wide open flights it seems. I wonder if ANA might open up more closer to d day but thats a game of brinkmanship I will most likely lose.

Anyone had any luck getting Virgin or any other partners to get ANA to open up some seats by ringing.

Unfortunately can't ask to open like QF for their own flights and with it being imminent, good chance they're not opening up more seats.

Sat Jul 5 NH880 (evening departure) SYD > HND has 2J left according to AC. Jul 4 only has Economy.

Thu Jul 10 NH889 has 2J open (daytime HND > SYD) but nothing past Jul 11 (not even Y). It could be that they haven't opened anything past then or its in blackout (school holidays).

Edit: as for one way fares, its always been the case with the Japanese carriers their one way fares have been very high almost as high as a return.

 

[CaptainCurtis]

Could I get the following two flights please?

QF71 PER-SIN 7 Jul
QF72 SIN-PER 11 Jul

QF71 7 July: J9 C9 D8 I6 U0 Y9 B9 H5 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 X0 E0
QF72 11 July: J0 C0 D0 I0 U0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V0 S9 N9 Q0 O0 G0 X0 E0

 

[laffer]

Just wanted to thank DeJaBrew and also Elanshin for their contributions. I managed to snag an Award flight back, and thanks to the comment here, found a decent one way fare from Syd. Inflated yes, but nothing compared to what was being demanded elsewhere. Whether it was value or not is in the pudding...thanks again.

 

[DejaBrew]

Just wanted to thank DeJaBrew and also Elanshin for their contributions. I managed to snag an Award flight back, and thanks to the comment here, found a decent one way fare from Syd. Inflated yes, but nothing compared to what was being demanded elsewhere. Whether it was value or not is in the pudding...thanks again.

Glad to hear you got a good result