Originally Posted by
ridefar
You should really use a tool like Expert Flyer to get an idea of the inventory. When Expedia says two seats are left it really only means that there are two seats in the fare bucket the airlines gives to Expedia at that price — which isn’t necessarily the only bucket available to Expedia at any price... and as you probably know seat maps means nothing.
Yeah, I was toying with that idea. It was 2 seats on Expedia, and also 2 seats on PG - not just at that price, because a booking for 3 wouldn't show the flight anymore. In this case expertflyer would still have shown Y2H0Q0 etc but it still wouldn't tell me whether they are holding back inventory or actually sold out. Interestingly, BKK-CNX on PG was available much cheaper through an OTA than on their own site, but this particular flight (I suppose because its full fare Y inventory) was exactly the same price. Going to keep an eye open to see if they open up any seats - I did see one USM-BKK that wasn't available before suddenly show up.