Seats.aero - a useful tool for finding Qantas & Velocity reward availability

[Captain Halliday]

I'm not sure that is going to work as you are assuming if you are bumped that the seat goes back into award inventory which in my experience (of switching seats not being bumped) never does.

I’m not talking about award inventory. I’m talking actual seats.

Let’s say at the time of booking the best seat I can select is 9A.

I set alerts for any A, C, D or F seat in rows 4-8. Not interested in middle seats.

I have never had one of those alerts trigger with seats.aero, yet I’ve often logged in via the airline to fine they’re actually available.

The point I was making in my earlier post was that I set alerts for my selected seat to know if I’ve been bumped.

There were several occasions in my time using EF this type of alert made me aware of flight cancellations, seat changes or aircraft subs long before the airline.

Obviously I can go back to EF, and I may do so, but there are also feature I like about on seats.aero

 

[SeatsIan]

I’m not talking about award inventory. I’m talking actual seats.

Let’s say at the time of booking the best seat I can select is 9A.

I set alerts for any A, C, D or F seat in rows 4-8. Not interested in middle seats.

I have never had one of those alerts trigger with seats.aero, yet I’ve often logged in via the airline to fine they’re actually available.

The point I was making in my earlier post was that I set alerts for my selected seat to know if I’ve been bumped.

There were several occasions in my time using EF this type of alert made me aware of flight cancellations, seat changes or aircraft subs long before the airline.

Obviously I can go back to EF, and I may do so, but there are also feature I like about on seats.aero

Is this for QF-operated flights? I think the QF seatmap can change depending on your FF status so that could be one of the reasons. We are planning to allow you to add your FFP information soon to help with that.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Is this for QF-operated flights? I think the QF seatmap can change depending on your FF status so that could be one of the reasons. We are planning to allow you to add your FFP information soon to help with that.

Yep, QF.

But even after T-24, when status is irrelevant, alerts for vacant seats don’t trigger.