What's a Good Tool to Check Emirates Seat Availability

[robolb]

I'm looking to book SYD-DBX-MAD next year. It will be paid economy seats.
Only just switched to Emirates so will take a few months to build up some miles for award seats and upgrades.

There are plenty of seats available at the moment, but is there a useful tool that gives an indication of the availability of seats?

I'm not quite in a position to book just yet but want to keep an eye on availability.

Seats.aero shows award seats, but I'm really looking for an insight into how full various flight options might be. Don't want to leave it too late and find seats hard to get on a preferred date, or that prices have increased.

 

[kristian7]

I don’t believe there are any tools out there to check on seat availability with emirates. If there is a website out there for that, I’d love to find out what it is also.
You can only check availability after you book your ticket where you can then select your seats. Seat availability is usually very good, but again it depends on the time of year you are going, and the time of your flight. The 9pm out of Sydney is generally the busiest and fills up fastest, the 6am is usually the quietest. If you are going peak season in Europe, which is late June, July and early august, it is a little more difficult if you leave it late to book, and by far the most expensive period.
My advice would be if your dates are locked in, is to purchase your tickets as early as you can, as that is generally the cheapest way to go. The prices will rarely go down, only up.
It is a lot more expensive, but I would purchase a full flex fare also. This allows for any changes to be made at no charge, but more importantly you gain more tier miles, and are able to make any upgrades with your skywards miles at a much cheaper cost. For example, if you book a saver fare SYD-MAD, upgrading the SYD-DXB leg will cost you almost 200,000 miles. If you book a full flex, it will cost 70,200. If you’re a skywards member that is looking to fly regularly and accumulate miles, this is the best way to start.

 

[SYD]

Do you mean actual seats (what seats are available to select) or fares ie what days / flights are cheapest?

Google Flights or ITA Matrix will help with finding the cheap dates/flights.

ExpertFlyer should help with seeing what actual seats are available on a particular flight before booking. However, actual seats available to chose will be limited by status or pay to play.