Does KE release seats last minute
Dec 7, 2016, 2:31 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New York
Programs: AA Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 592
Does KE release seats last minute
Does anyone know if KE is in the habit of releasing last minute awards seats? My flight is currently showing R7. What are the chances that more F seats will become available?
Has anyone had any luck asking them to open up awards seats if you are on the waitlist? thanks
Has anyone had any luck asking them to open up awards seats if you are on the waitlist? thanks
Sep 26, 2017, 10:10 am
#2
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 23
I am also interested curious this. Was looking to book two of us (one in first and one in business) hoping that another first would open up close in.
Sep 30, 2017, 11:03 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 181
I only have one data point from earlier this year. I booked one F seat BNE-ICN for me and one F seat SYD-ICN for my wife for the same travel date. The plan was to switch if a second F seat opened on either one of the flights, but they never did. I checked every day up until departure. On each of the flights she and I ended up being the only person in the F cabin.
Oct 2, 2017, 3:12 pm
#4
formerly RZachSmith
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: U.S.
Posts: 187
My one data point here was from this summer, when I booked JFK-ICN rather than IAD-ICN due to there only being 1 seat on IAD-ICN and needing 2 seats.
We had made non-refundable positioning plans so I wasn't actually able to change it, but a 2nd seat did open up on IAD-ICN somewhere between 24-48 hours before the flight, but not farther than that (and I think I checked every day of the last week).
Obviously only one data point, haven't monitored broader trends, but it's at least possible.
We had made non-refundable positioning plans so I wasn't actually able to change it, but a 2nd seat did open up on IAD-ICN somewhere between 24-48 hours before the flight, but not farther than that (and I think I checked every day of the last week).
Obviously only one data point, haven't monitored broader trends, but it's at least possible.