Last edit by: NWIFlyer
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.
Help to check seat availability and flight loads
#751
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
I can't see any eticket numbers on checkmytrip, though it is a simple EDI-LHR-BLR return booked via corporate TA and not changed since booked. I had no issue on the outbound flight.
There was some funny thing when I booked, however, in that the TA system would not let me select the same EDI-LHR flight as showing on ba.com (I had to select a tighter connection) and when I phoned the TA to change it, they said they couldn't due to married segment rules. That was for the outbound though.
And, overnight, the aircraft has changed, and I got seat-shifted
Should I be concerned about the lack of eticket number on checkmytrip?
There was some funny thing when I booked, however, in that the TA system would not let me select the same EDI-LHR flight as showing on ba.com (I had to select a tighter connection) and when I phoned the TA to change it, they said they couldn't due to married segment rules. That was for the outbound though.
And, overnight, the aircraft has changed, and I got seat-shifted
Should I be concerned about the lack of eticket number on checkmytrip?
Try obtaining the eticket receipt from MMB.
#753
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
Edit: 6800th post, I am on getting on a bit here
#754
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 648
Please could someone check BA39 LHR-PEK on 21/03 and BA38 PEK-LHR on 27/03? Thanks in advance!
#755
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Mucci: Classe de la Luxe Eternelle
Posts: 816
I would be grateful if some terribly clever person could check the seat loads for BA0217 on April 2nd - and tell me whether CW is looking like it might be approaching oversold
I suppose it might be a bit early to tell on a presumably busy CW route like this..
I suppose it might be a bit early to tell on a presumably busy CW route like this..
#756
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,250
F3 A2 J9 C5 D3 RC IC W9 E4 T1 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q5 O9 G0 with a UK point of sale.
And yes, I suspect it's a little early to jump to any conclusions or maybe you need the 'terribly clever' person for that part and I can't help you there
#758
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver
Posts: 2,552
Hi polochick.
here you go:
BA 39 0 LHR
21/03/15 16:30 PEK
22/03/15 10:25 777
F0 A0 J0 C0 DC RC IC W0 EC TC Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 LC VC SC NC QC OC G0
BA 38 0 PEK
27/03/15 12:10 LHR
27/03/15 15:35 777
F3 A3 J5 C0 DC RC IC W0 EC TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9
here you go:
BA 39 0 LHR
21/03/15 16:30 PEK
22/03/15 10:25 777
F0 A0 J0 C0 DC RC IC W0 EC TC Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 LC VC SC NC QC OC G0
BA 38 0 PEK
27/03/15 12:10 LHR
27/03/15 15:35 777
F3 A3 J5 C0 DC RC IC W0 EC TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9
#759
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 648
Btw what does C mean? Closed for new bookings?
#760
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
Could some really really clever person check the BA118 (BLR-LHR) on March 19th. I got the figures a few days ago but the flight has had an aircraft change (along with a seat-shift for me).
#761
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 13,250
J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 W9 E1 TC Y9 B8 H8 K8 M8 L8 V6 S4 N2 QC OC G0
#762
formerly rxfleming
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: AUH, DXB (and GLA)
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat Elite
Posts: 2,456
Can someone please help me with the following loads:
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
BA15 10th October
BA16 24th October
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
BA15 10th October
BA16 24th October
#763
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Glasgow / London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 3,457
Here you go
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
J9 C8 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 N9 QC OC S9 G9
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
J9 C7 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 VC NC QC OC S9 G9
BA15 10th October
F9 A9 J9 C8 D6 R4 IC W9 E4 TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S6 NC QC OC G0
BA16 24th October
F9 A9 J9 C7 D5 R3 IC W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S9 N9 Q5 O9 G0
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
J9 C8 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 N9 QC OC S9 G9
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
J9 C7 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 VC NC QC OC S9 G9
BA15 10th October
F9 A9 J9 C8 D6 R4 IC W9 E4 TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S6 NC QC OC G0
BA16 24th October
F9 A9 J9 C7 D5 R3 IC W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S9 N9 Q5 O9 G0
#764
formerly rxfleming
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: AUH, DXB (and GLA)
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat Elite
Posts: 2,456
Here you go
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
J9 C8 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 N9 QC OC S9 G9
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
J9 C7 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 VC NC QC OC S9 G9
BA15 10th October
F9 A9 J9 C8 D6 R4 IC W9 E4 TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S6 NC QC OC G0
BA16 24th October
F9 A9 J9 C7 D5 R3 IC W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S9 N9 Q5 O9 G0
BA490 LHR-GIB 10th April
J9 C8 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 N9 QC OC S9 G9
BA491 GIB-LHR 13th April
J9 C7 D4 R9 IC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 VC NC QC OC S9 G9
BA15 10th October
F9 A9 J9 C8 D6 R4 IC W9 E4 TC Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S6 NC QC OC G0
BA16 24th October
F9 A9 J9 C7 D5 R3 IC W9 E9 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 VC S9 N9 Q5 O9 G0
#765
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 140
Can someone please help me with the following load:
BA169 LHR-PVG 27 March
Thanks
BA169 LHR-PVG 27 March
Thanks