Originally Posted by
Dodger103
Hi. First post, so I apologize if this has been addressed previously. But, I'm hoping to get some feedback on this. I booked 4 tickets from CVG to MCO roundtrip for April about 4 weeks ago. I had been tracking 2 particular flights, as I am flying with my 4 and 6 year-old nieces and wanted to make sure we were able to get direct flights at particular times, with seats together. When I checked seat availability, the website showed only about 6 seats left for both flights, so I went ahead and booked them (I would never have booked this early otherwise). However, when I checked this week (because I'm a weirdo and like to make sure I made a good decision), the tickets were $120 less and the flight was showing nearly full availability. I know I'm well past the point of any sort of refund, but I feel a bit mislead by the seating availability. I probably would have held off a bit longer, if I'd known that there were plenty of seats still open. Is this just part of the flight booking game or do I have a reason to be annoyed? Thanks in advance.
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
By chance, did you happen to notice the seat map only had 6 seats left on a weekend? Delta does schedule changes during the weekends and they sometimes block out a large part of the seat map.
Unless you mean the website, under the price for your flight, said something like "only 6 seats left at this price". In that case, Delta likely opened up seats in a lower fare bucket.
I do the same thing you do (check flights after I book them). I think a lot of us on here have the philosophy that if you book a ticket at a good price
for you, then you did good, and you shouldn't look back. Of course, if you continue to hang out here, you may learn some tricks
