<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by kgm0001:
CO 1502 EWR 1740 LAX 2046 757 0
A4 D4 F4 Y9 H9 K9 B9 V9 Q9 S9 T9 L9
Thanks very much for your replies. Found the above data on http://www.seatmap.com/ concerning one of my flights on Saturday 05-24-03.
I assume the numbers indicate the seats remaining to be sold in each fare class (Y = full-fare coach; F = first), but other than these assumptions, do the letters directly correspond to the fare paid (ex. B is better than Q and Q is better than T)?</font>
It depends what your meaning of better is! In my book T is the best fare because its likely to be the cheapest
(I've never found an L fare).
But, as far as upgrades are concerned, yes. Everything else being equal (elite status etc), the more you pay for a ticket, the better your chances (in theory). For coach fares the cheapest fare bucket is on the right (L), generally getting more expensive as you move left up until full coach (Y).