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Oct 28, 2015, 11:14 am

#1003

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GregL

There is no way to know from ExpertFlyer availability if a flight is overbooked or not. Overbooking is airline and route independent. Some airlines will book only to aircraft capacity... others will overbook by 25% on some routes.

Authorized sale levels are not publicly available.

Greg

Quote:

Originally Posted by TWA884

EF shows seat availability based on the authorized booking level, not the actual number of seats.

I'm a bit confused.

If I check for an airline that does overbook, and I see 1 last seat showing on EF as available, does that mean there is an overbooking? Yes or No?