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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 4:46 am
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Joely
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How to make sense of availability

So I'm off to LAX on Wednesday and I was wondering if someone can help me gain some insight into likely loads.

I have the following from KVS

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.4/Platinum - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
WED  08 Feb 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         269     LHR   15:05     LAX   18:05     744      F0 A0 C9 D1 R0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L7 V4 S0 Q0 G9 J9 W9 E9 T9 N0 O0
Which seems to show that some of the WT fares have good availability where as some don't. So how does this generally translate into load? It would seem that more fares are open than full so does this indicate a reasonably empty flight or are certain fare codes a better indicator of loading?
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