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If you wish to request availability for a specific flight, please state the date and origin/departure airport codes, not just the flight number.
Please also restrict requests to BA/oneworld flights - flights for other airlines may be removed to avoid cluttering the thread and taking it away from BAEC.
As of 15 Oct 2014 flightstats.com no longer displays flight availability.
Fare class availability can be queried in various ways*:
* Please update wiki if you know of any others.
** Origin of data concealed
What do the codes mean?
Suppose we have a result as F1 A0 J9 C7 D0 RC IC W9 E9 T4 Y9 BC HC ...
This means:
There is 1 seat in the F bucket for sale
There are 0 seats in the A and D bucket for sale, but you can join the waitlist in case seats get released later.
There are at least 9 seats in the J, W, E and Y buckets.
The R, I, B and H buckets are closed to waitlisting.
There are two important things to note about how to interpret these numbers that many people don't understand as it is very counter intuitive:
1) There is NO direct relation to the actual number of seats available on the specific flight. They only mean that the airline is willing to sell this many seats on that specific flight. The airline may intend to oversell seats or withhold seats from sale for many reasons.
2) In the example above, the results show W9 E9 T4 (which are all WT+ buckets). This does not mean that there are 9+9+4=22 seats for sale. Interpret these numbers as "there are at least 9 seats for sale in WT+". There could really be anywhere between 9 and 22 seats for sale - we just can't tell from the numbers the system gives us. Therefore, the conservative approach of assuming that there are at least 9 seats for sale is usually the best one.
What does the "C" mean?
Closed to waitlisting.
In the example above we have RC, IC, BC and HC. This is different to A0 and D0: The A and D buckets are "full" but you can apply to join their waitlists (if your fare permits waitlisting). With R, I, B and H you cannot even request a seat.
The carrier will determine how to confirm your seat if it wishes. Sometimes this may happen immediately, other times only a few minutes before the flight's departure. The order of the waitlist is determined by the carrier privately, but your Executive Club status will push you towards the front of the queue. Many cheap fares do not allow waitlisting.
Differences for non-BA airlines
Please also restrict requests to BA/oneworld flights - flights for other airlines may be removed to avoid cluttering the thread and taking it away from BAEC.
As of 15 Oct 2014 flightstats.com no longer displays flight availability.
Fare class availability can be queried in various ways*:
* Please update wiki if you know of any others.
** Origin of data concealed
What do the codes mean?
Suppose we have a result as F1 A0 J9 C7 D0 RC IC W9 E9 T4 Y9 BC HC ...
This means:
There is 1 seat in the F bucket for sale
There are 0 seats in the A and D bucket for sale, but you can join the waitlist in case seats get released later.
There are at least 9 seats in the J, W, E and Y buckets.
The R, I, B and H buckets are closed to waitlisting.
There are two important things to note about how to interpret these numbers that many people don't understand as it is very counter intuitive:
1) There is NO direct relation to the actual number of seats available on the specific flight. They only mean that the airline is willing to sell this many seats on that specific flight. The airline may intend to oversell seats or withhold seats from sale for many reasons.
2) In the example above, the results show W9 E9 T4 (which are all WT+ buckets). This does not mean that there are 9+9+4=22 seats for sale. Interpret these numbers as "there are at least 9 seats for sale in WT+". There could really be anywhere between 9 and 22 seats for sale - we just can't tell from the numbers the system gives us. Therefore, the conservative approach of assuming that there are at least 9 seats for sale is usually the best one.
What does the "C" mean?
Closed to waitlisting.
In the example above we have RC, IC, BC and HC. This is different to A0 and D0: The A and D buckets are "full" but you can apply to join their waitlists (if your fare permits waitlisting). With R, I, B and H you cannot even request a seat.
The carrier will determine how to confirm your seat if it wishes. Sometimes this may happen immediately, other times only a few minutes before the flight's departure. The order of the waitlist is determined by the carrier privately, but your Executive Club status will push you towards the front of the queue. Many cheap fares do not allow waitlisting.
Differences for non-BA airlines
- Some carriers (those using Sabre such as AA) only show a maximum of 7 available seats (not 9). Others only show a maximum of 5.
- Some carriers use "L" instead of "0" (e.g., CL DL YL) to indicate you may waitlist for the seat. This tends to happen when the entire flight is on a list basis.
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#2356
Join Date: May 2009
Location: TPA Bay area
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Can't get the BA award availability ex NYC to open for any date on the calendar. Continue to get stopover error...
Please, would like to know availability for 2 award seats ex NYC (JFK) to LCY on BA0002 or BA0004 on 21 June 2016. Thanks much!
Please, would like to know availability for 2 award seats ex NYC (JFK) to LCY on BA0002 or BA0004 on 21 June 2016. Thanks much!
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#2357
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A colleague of mine is looking for Avios availability in W or J to MIA from LHR any date between 10-18 December. The dates show availability in Y, but nothing in his preferred cabin of choice.
Could someone check EF please to see what the availability looks like? Is it simply BA not releasing the seats?
Could someone check EF please to see what the availability looks like? Is it simply BA not releasing the seats?
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#2358
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Rather annoyingly for him, there's J availability on both flights on the 19th December. Can he wait one more day?
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There is reward availability LHR-MAD-MIA in J on IB on 16th DEC (BA514 connecting onto the IB6117). Not sure whether that's any use?
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Odd, that with 9's across the board, the Avios availability is so low.
In terms of the routing via MAD, I think he is trying to use his Companion Voucher, and my understanding is the routing must be all on BA with a 2-4-1.
Is IB6117 a BA codeshare...and if so, is there a BA flight number?
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#2364
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
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Thanks for checking golfmad - I appreciate your help.
Odd, that with 9's across the board, the Avios availability is so low.
In terms of the routing via MAD, I think he is trying to use his Companion Voucher, and my understanding is the routing must be all on BA with a 2-4-1.
Is IB6117 a BA codeshare...and if so, is there a BA flight number?
Odd, that with 9's across the board, the Avios availability is so low.
In terms of the routing via MAD, I think he is trying to use his Companion Voucher, and my understanding is the routing must be all on BA with a 2-4-1.
Is IB6117 a BA codeshare...and if so, is there a BA flight number?
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#2365
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It's an IB operated flight so cannot be used with a 2-4-1. However, there are two seats available and as it's off-peak might be worth considering. Might be best booking that now and then waiting to see whether BA availability opens up nearer the time that could be used with the 2-4-1. Then book that and cancel the IB booking.
Thanks golfmad! Massively appreciate the help!
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#2366
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Hi guys its coming up near the flights so I would be grateful if somone could give me an idea of how full the plane will be!
BA0269 26JAN 15:15 LHR-LAX and
BA0268 31HJAN 20:55 LAX-LHR!
Let's see how full/empty the A388 will be and whether I was stupid to pay for seats.
Thanks!
BA0269 26JAN 15:15 LHR-LAX and
BA0268 31HJAN 20:55 LAX-LHR!
Let's see how full/empty the A388 will be and whether I was stupid to pay for seats.
Thanks!
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#2367
Hi guys its coming up near the flights so I would be grateful if somone could give me an idea of how full the plane will be!
BA0269 26JAN 15:15 LHR-LAX and
BA0268 31HJAN 20:55 LAX-LHR!
Let's see how full/empty the A388 will be and whether I was stupid to pay for seats.
Thanks!
BA0269 26JAN 15:15 LHR-LAX and
BA0268 31HJAN 20:55 LAX-LHR!
Let's see how full/empty the A388 will be and whether I was stupid to pay for seats.
Thanks!
BA 269 0 LHR
26/01/16 15:15 LAX
26/01/16 18:30 388
Unavailable
53% / 27m F4 A2 J9 C4 D2 RC IC W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9
BA 268 0 LAX
31/01/16 20:55 LHR
01/02/16 15:15 388
Unavailable
65% / 28m F1 A0 J9 C9 D9 R5 I0 W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9
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#2368
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Would be grateful if someone could check how busy BA0113 LHR-JFK is looking on 1st Feb.
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#2370
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 158
Thanks Chris,
Looks like it's pretty quiet so far.
My hopes for the cheap paid upgrade to WT+ are now dwindling.
Although there's a few days to go yet.
Looks like it's pretty quiet so far.
My hopes for the cheap paid upgrade to WT+ are now dwindling.
Although there's a few days to go yet.
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