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Old Sep 6, 2017 | 2:20 pm
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skywardhunter
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Originally Posted by Tracebuzta
Sorry :-)

EK152 (CPH-DXB) - October 11th
EK701 (DXB-MRU) - October 12th
EK704 (MRU-DXB) - October 15th
EK151 (DXB-CPH) - October 16th
I was just about to look these up, but they're all over a month away, which is quite far, unless you want to know if a specific fare bucket is available? In a month EK could sell another 100 seats on each of these flights.

[MENTION=11258]all[/MENTION], can we get some consensus and maybe a framework around this thread as it seems to have become a staple of the EK forum. Aside from taking business away from Expertflyer, which is a fantastic and very reasonably priced service, a lot of requests are very far out or don't contain all require information, I propose a Wiki which outlines that a request should be posted <10 days prior to departure (perhaps 7 days?) and must contain 4 items per flight:

- Origin
- Destination
- Flight number (as there may be multiple flights per day)
- Date

If someone has interest in seats of a specific fare bucket being available, e.g. to know when they might be able to find a Saver seat, in all honesty, they should pay for the subscription. Also, there is a free trial.

Lastly, perhaps a limit of 1 request (up to 4 flights per request) per month per user? More than that and one should just subscribe.

[To the OP of the quoted post, this wasn't directed at you, I just merged a general thought I had earlier today into this reply, please don't take offense]
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