Originally Posted by
jhks23
Fare Classes:
C/0 D/0 R/0 I/0
Y/9 B/9 H/9 K/9 M/9 L/9 V/9 S/0 Q/0 G/0
J/0 W/1 E/1 T/1 N/0 O/2
It's important to note that flightstats puts the booking classes into a strange order. Re-ordered in the way BA uses the booking classes, I think that the figures you've quoted should look like this:-
J0 C0 D0 R0 I0 (business class)
W1 E1 T1 (premium economy / World Traveller Plus)
Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S0 N0 Q0 O2 G0 (economy)
Originally Posted by
jhks23
Can one seat ever be in multiple fare buckets? Or does this mean that three people have cancelled their tickets? Perhaps these are all unanswerable questions. But I am fascinated that all the economy buckets are either 0 or 9, and nothing in between. Are the last three classes all redemption classes, as in the first line?
Yes: W1 E1 T1 can mean that BA is only prepared to sell one seat in premium economy, but it doesn't matter in which of the three booking classes. If that's the case, then book one seat and you will see availability go straight to W0 E0 T0.
There is nothing strange about some economy classes being 9 and others being 0, with nothing in between. It shows that BA is interested in selling economy seats only at a certain fare level or above, but it has plenty to sell at those fares.
Originally Posted by
dunk
Firstly, the caveat I always give: those figures aren't the numbers of unsold seats, they're what BA is prepared to sell.
The way I'd always describe it is "what BA is prepared to sell at once".
I've seen flights where it's been (eg) T2. I've booked two, and then the flight's gone to T1.