AC858 YYZ-LHR 30th JUN - Y over by 22 !
Jun 30, 2019, 6:51 pm
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AC858 YYZ-LHR 30th JUN - Y over by 22 !
In the YYZ INTL MLL currently and asked how badly the flight is oversold, figured that Y was over by a few, as all Y to LHR went to 0 about 24 hours ago and PY went to 0 a few hours ago. I was told that Y is over by 22 ! Last flight of the day, so not sure what their plan is
J has 9 open seats. Will wander down to the gate closer to the time, to see what they are offering
J has 9 open seats. Will wander down to the gate closer to the time, to see what they are offering
Jun 30, 2019, 6:54 pm
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In the YYZ INTL MLL currently and asked how badly the flight is oversold, figured that Y was over by a few, as all Y to LHR went to 0 about 24 hours ago and PY went to 0 a few hours ago. I was told that Y is over by 22 ! Last flight of the day, so not sure what their plan is
J has 9 open seats. Will wander down to the gate closer to the time, to see what they are offering
J has 9 open seats. Will wander down to the gate closer to the time, to see what they are offering
22 minus 9 is 13. Not that much for a 773. There might be a few misconnects especially on flights from the US. So in the end, who knows.
Jun 30, 2019, 7:36 pm
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Jun 30, 2019, 9:37 pm
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Jun 30, 2019, 9:41 pm
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Or am I missing something? Which is possible
Jun 30, 2019, 10:01 pm
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"Y is over by 22" needs some probing by someone who doesn't casually conflate "overbooked" with "oversold". I have no idea what number pops up on a MLL agents screen, or how they would mentally translate that to a number they shared with a customer.
Jul 1, 2019, 5:34 am
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Was posting my previous post walking down the jet bridge, knowing that I would lose wifi
At about 50 minutes before schedule departure, J went full with a lot of OpUps in the app, about 10 in total. I was standing nearish the desk as had asked if they wanted volunteers - was told that yes they would most likely need
There were comments such as “14D is SE, upgrade him”, etc and people were being called up. Unsure if these matched the names in the app. It looked like some did, some didn’t. Was pretty sure we would be in our booked 13A/C until 2 guys in front was told there was space in PY if they wanted it. And they were given 13A/C boarding passes
A couple of minutes later, another batch of names were called, including myself and the gf. Got boarding passes for 6D/G. Still asked about volunteering and he said he would need, however recommended that we didn’t. We had a dinner here in London tonight which we would have missed, so left it
Thrilled to have gotten a OpUp with just *G status!
At about 50 minutes before schedule departure, J went full with a lot of OpUps in the app, about 10 in total. I was standing nearish the desk as had asked if they wanted volunteers - was told that yes they would most likely need
There were comments such as “14D is SE, upgrade him”, etc and people were being called up. Unsure if these matched the names in the app. It looked like some did, some didn’t. Was pretty sure we would be in our booked 13A/C until 2 guys in front was told there was space in PY if they wanted it. And they were given 13A/C boarding passes
A couple of minutes later, another batch of names were called, including myself and the gf. Got boarding passes for 6D/G. Still asked about volunteering and he said he would need, however recommended that we didn’t. We had a dinner here in London tonight which we would have missed, so left it
Thrilled to have gotten a OpUp with just *G status!
Jul 1, 2019, 1:52 pm
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The worst I've heard was YULCDG in the high 50s. Apparently not uncommon.
Wouldn't be surprised if YYZLHR and YVR-China are part of the bunch.
With prices around $500-$600 R/T, but $2K+ OW, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority are throwaway tickets!
Wouldn't be surprised if YYZLHR and YVR-China are part of the bunch.
With prices around $500-$600 R/T, but $2K+ OW, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority are throwaway tickets!