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Dec 30, 2017 | 11:34 am

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JDiver

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Originally Posted by eddilev

I played around with that, and excuse the ignorance, but what would this show me above and beyond what I can see on the AA seat map? Example? The LAX-SYD flight on 5/18 shows 0 upgrade seats available in business which, while maybe true because you cannot auto upgrade right now, the cabin according to the seat map is virtually empty. Yes I suppose this could fill up, but I also have a strong feeling a number of those seats will eventually clear for upgrades....

So anyway, is there something EF is showing that is more valuable than AA.com that I am missing?

The AA seat map tells you nothing, other than the number of unassigned seats. There can easily be flyers without assigned seats.

Making spurious bookings to play with the seats is likely to get one in trouble. It’s expressly forbidden by the CofC.

ExpertFlyer can tell you if there’s inventory on flights you can upgrade immediately, the number of seats sold (e.g. J7, D7, I7 Business Cabin a couple of days out is pretty wide open; J1, D0, I0 you are very unlikely to get upgraded).

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