Originally Posted by
escape4
That's odd. It's still showing Cs for me, not zeros. I have seen zeros many times in the past and I know it means sold out but I thought perhaps Cs meant something else particularly with the virus in Italy I was wondering if the flight was being cancelled.
C is "equivalent" to zero - what is the difference between Cs and zeros then?
Thank you
Zero means that the airline cannot offer you a confirmed reservation at this time.
However if you have a ticket that allows waitlisting (which are rare these days even in the full fare bucket), you can have yourself added to the waitlist. If a seat opens up, or if revenue management decide to shift things around, you may be confirmed from the waitlist. You may be aware of the concept of "stand by" travel in North America; essentially, being on stand by means you are on a waitlist, although typically a revenue passenger holding a full fare ticket will have priority over a staff ticket.
In the old days with paper tickets, it was a lot more relevant because the disconnect between a reservation and a ticket was more obvious.
C means that the airline will not accept people from the waitlist, the bucket is closed to waitlisting.
A flight that is all C looks set to be cancelled to me.