Originally Posted by
tvtd
mrs tvtd and the two young tvtds are flying xxx-ATL-ICN. ATL-ICN is DL27 departing on 10/31 at 12:57a, returning 11/9 by the reverse route on DL26. For what it’s worth both these flights are the A350 and I’ve booked all three to one row toward the rear for the chance that one or two rows will be unoccupied so the kids can stretch out and sleep.
For those of you that frequent this route or have actual numbers how have the load factors been? What do the loads tend to look like that time of year? Next week’s flights look good but I know it’s still a long way out and I don’t know if this is a routing that fills in last minute.
An important thing to understand about load factors is even if you find official data, that load factor may only be PAID seats, not a number which includes non-revs who still occupy a seat. As noted above, seat maps in advance can be poor indicators too as many passengers aren’t eligible for or just simply haven’t selected seats which will be assigned at check-in or by the GA.
Also remember that your wife and kids have no claim to a full row for each of themselves if they look to spread out. A row of 3 may be empty after the door is closed but other passengers may look to spread out too, especially given the duration of the flight, and your kid has no right to a row of three to themselves especially if a passenger in a middle seat looks to move to an open non-middle.