Originally Posted by
AB Dada
Unfortunately, no. I wish! One reason I stopped using my own scraper and just paid for EF was because of this. Seeing blocked seats is super helpful for planning for me.
Comparing the website code for 8D in January 2025 (probably blocked):
to the code for 9C same flight in January 2025 (probably NOT blocked, but selected):
I don't see any option that would unmask a blocked seat from a selected seat. Nonetheless, I've used it myself to snag a better seat when someone else upgrades, cancels, etc, so it's useful, but it's not as valuable as what EF should be doing.
FWIW I am not a computer programmer or coder, I just whipped this up years ago before I knew EF existed, and it still works today because AA isn't a company that changes anything on their website, haha.
Darn, that's what I'm currently checking too, I hoped you had a better solution
. I'm currently often booking last minute intl trips, unfortunately in Y, and the blocked vs taken is super helpful to know if I have the possibility of snagging a good MCE seat. Plus with BA I can sometimes reserve seats that are blocked, but that's a whole other animal that I need EF for.