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Oct 31, 2009 | 8:15 am

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TerryK

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Originally Posted by Almo

Thanks for your response pirossalma. I can see the online seat map from SQ but I'm not sure if that just reflects people who have pre-selected seats, or whether it's the whole load. Do you know which it is?

It shows seats which are pre-assigned. Seatmap is a very poor indicator of load.

There is no good way to know other than calling SQ, and they most likely will not tell you. The reservation agents can see load, but the policy is not to disclose it. You can guess by checking available fare buckets on EF. The load may be relatively light if low fare buckets, such as Q/N/V, are available. This is not a reliable indicator as I have seen flights with 9 across went out close to full.

Last edited by TerryK; Oct 31, 2009 at 12:11 pm Reason: grammar

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