mtofell

Looking at a leg of my flight tomorrow and the upgrade list says three open seats, as does the online booking portal (says "only 3 left" under FC). But, when looking at the seat map there are five open seats in FC. Curious if anyone knows why the discrepancy. I somewhat understand if AS doesn't care about the upgrade que to be accurate but it seems strange they'd be saying they only had three seats left to sell when there are really five?

anteater

Two pax haven’t selected their seats yet. 🤙🏻🍹

RAD_PDX

It's likely upgrades/people who haven't selected a seat yet.

scubadu

Seats maps do not always accurately reflect inventory. This can be true for various reasons. People sometimes purchase tickets through various channels where they don't end up with a seat assignment and they don't always proactively manage their booking and select one. Also, when the fare search engine says something like "only 3 left" it does not necessarily mean there are only three seats left in inventory for sale (though that certainly can be the case), but may just mean there are only three seats left at that specific fare/price, before the next seat would kick into a higher fare bucket.

There are many on FT that adamantly believe seat maps are "wildly inaccurate" and completely unreliable as a data source for information. I think that is a bit extreme and I certainly wouldn't go that far, as I do believe one can draw some conclusions from seat maps, relative to demand, but again, its not 100% accurate.

Regards

Eastbay1K

In "good news," Alaska Listens replied within 3 days to comments about a marginal flight experience. The other news is that I'd rather not have had the experience, but at least someone is around without delay

ssk244

Wow that seems very fast!

Eastbay1K

Yes, shocked. Now maybe they'll learn how to serve a PDB like I'm now enjoying on DL on a stuffed narrow body with a crowded boarding aisle and the same FA doing the PDBs is also making various boarding announcements. And she still has a smile and hasn't plotzed.

jrl767

yep, DL PDB service is generally pretty reliable, and generally executed very competently

jrl767

AS *REALLY* needs to update the software that generates BPs at the gate

edgewood49

Been a long time since I have seen one of those

econ

Got one of these at an SEA gate recently. Similar format as some of the AA issued ones. The one I got from an LAX gate was much more basic however.

Eastbay1K

Must have been an "X" fare

econ

It actually turned out to be a battlefield upgrade.

tobsw

SFO Lounge Access Question

In August I'll be connecting at SFO and have a question about lounge access.

I'm an AAdvantage Platinum member - arriving on JL2 (Premium Economy) and connecting the same day on Alaska Airlines (Economy) domestic itinerary - same e-ticket.

Can I access the Alaska Airlines SFO lounge in SFO based on my status – I'm not 100% whether arriving on an international long-haul flights overrides the "no access on domestic itineraries".

Thank you very much!

GW McLintock

Yes, you will have access.

-J.