Not sure if this is a new subject or a rehash of an old thread, but here it is anyway.

I was playing around the ITN (internet travel agency) web site when I discovered you can get access to the available seat listings for specific flights WITHOUT actually purchasing a ticket.

I am flying to LAS tomorrow morning on AA. Simply by configuring the flight search to come up with my flights I was led to a screen that askes you to "select seats." This screen shows all seats available in the portion of the cabin for the fair you selected on the previous screens. This is before purchase of the ticket.

The upshot is a real time look at how many and which seats are available to the ITN booking system (Appolo?). While I have not tried it with other airlines yet, no reason to believe it will not work.

One word of warning. If you are going to try this DO NOT put a credit card number in your profile. While you will have to click the "purchase ticket" button for it to be charged versus the "Cancel" button, you want to ensure no charges resulting from inadvertant clicking.

BTW, you obviously have to join ITN. The membership is free, with no spam I am aware of.

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