Originally Posted by
Pix13
Thanks everyone. As you can tell, I am not a very experienced long haul traveler. I did look up the flight loads and this is what is says, which leads me to believe that there are many seats that are sold but that have been unassigned, but not sure I am understanding it right. So seems like not worth the risk. We will be fine!
J6 C6 D6 I6 Z0 W0 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 K9
L6 U6 T3 X0 V0 E9
ETA: I have just realized that the 9 means there could be more than 9 seats left. Sorry, it is a learning experience for me and thanks for the help.
I'm not familiar with DL fare classes, but if it is similar to other airlines, then seeing YBMHQK all being 9 tells me that the flight still has many seats to sell (the highest digit is 9 even if there are a million seats to be sold in that fare class). If Y was less than 9, then that's a pretty good sign that the flight is near sold out or perhaps even oversold. But these are just litmus tests and not concrete since we don't have private internal load data available to us. Remember, these are not "seats left", but are actually "seats left to sell". And with the major airlines, "seats left to sell" is almost always greater than "seats left".