celtic_cub said:
Hey NM just a quick one, how can you tell there is plenty of Business seat upgrades available.
Do you use some fancy software?
Celtic
No, just some experience with fare buckets.
J9 D1 indicates there are at least 9 unsold seats in business class on this flight. D1 indicates Qantas are only currently prepared to sell one of these at a discounted business class rate. This indicates that the Qantas "Yield Management" voodoo expect to sell most of these seats, so they charge at full business class rates.
If Qantas are only prepared to sell 1 business class seat on this flight at a discounted rate it follows that there is unlikely to be any Award redemptions available in Business. (U class)
If it had been J9 D9 the implication is reversed, seats are available, but Qantas do not expect to sell many of them at the Full rates so are prepared to discount all or most of them. In these cases there is a good chance of U (or business class award) seats appearing.