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This is community help desk which allows members to assist each other in finding out how many seats are available on any given flight.
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 and probably unauthorised (so buyer beware)
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
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 and probably unauthorised (so buyer beware)
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 BA seat availability and BA flight loads
#677
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: 0°48′24″N 176°36′59″W
Programs: Taiwan is a country.
Posts: 1,206
Can I have load BA 32 - 22 Nov HKG to LHR
Hello.
Been trying to upgrade with miles from WT+to J for weeks.. daily checks.
Would appreciate to know what is actually showing as available to buy.
Many thanks.
Been trying to upgrade with miles from WT+to J for weeks.. daily checks.
Would appreciate to know what is actually showing as available to buy.
Many thanks.
#678
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
I would think revenue management think they can sell all the business class seats for this flight and are perhaps not going to release any more then the 2 booked.It is also F2A2 so not much there.
#679
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 141
Hey everyone.
Could someone please check availability for BA 31 (LHR to HKG) on 25/11 and 26/11
Thanks!
Could someone please check availability for BA 31 (LHR to HKG) on 25/11 and 26/11
Thanks!
#680
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Manchester, UK.
Programs: BAEC Silver, then a handful of points on everything else.
Posts: 185
Code:
Flight Availability Search Departing LHR on 11/25/17 12:00 AM for HKG Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA 31 0 LHR HKG 388 Daily F1 A1 J9 C9 D9 R6 I5 W4 E0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M8 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 11/25/17 6:25 PM 11/26/17 2:20 PM 63% / 24m 0 Connections BA 27 0 LHR HKG 777 M,W,Sa F0 A0 J7 C3 D0 R0 I0 W6 E0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 11/25/17 8:50 PM 11/26/17 4:45 PM 76% / 18m
Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.com
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Flight Availability Search Departing LHR on 11/26/17 12:00 AM for HKG Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Point of Sale: UK Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA 31 0 LHR HKG 388 Daily F1 A0 J9 C9 D9 R6 I0 W9 E8 T2 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9 11/26/17 6:25 PM 11/27/17 2:20 PM 63% / 24m 0 Connections BA 27 0 LHR HKG 777 Su,T,Th,F F4 A2 J9 C7 D1 R0 I0 W9 E9 T4 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q6 O2 G0 11/26/17 8:50 PM 11/27/17 4:45 PM 76% / 18m
#681
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
If anyone could check when they have some free time for the following...
CPT-PLZ 4 DEC BA6323
PLZ-CPT 7 DEC BA 6324
Thanks , i appreciate it !
CPT-PLZ 4 DEC BA6323
PLZ-CPT 7 DEC BA 6324
Thanks , i appreciate it !
#682
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kings Langley, UK
Programs: BA Blue, BD*G, UA 3P, VS Silver
Posts: 125
Hi there, would be really grateful if someone could share load data for BA275 to Vegas on 21st November please, just wondering if there is any likelihood of 2 premium award seats opening up - many thanks in advance
#683
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Manchester, UK.
Programs: BAEC Silver, then a handful of points on everything else.
Posts: 185
Code:
Flight Availability Search Departing CPT on 12/04/17 12:00 AM for PLZ Returning on 12/07/17 12:00 AM Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA (MN) 6323 0 CPT PLZ 734 Daily J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L7 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 12/04/17 11:35 AM 12/04/17 12:45 PM 83% / 19m
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Flight Availability Search Departing CPT on 12/04/17 12:00 AM for PLZ Returning on 12/07/17 12:00 AM Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA (MN) 6324 0 PLZ CPT 734 M,T,W,Th,F J9 C9 D9 R8 I4 Y9 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 12/07/17 9:40 AM 12/07/17 10:55 AM 86% / 10m
#684
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Manchester, UK.
Programs: BAEC Silver, then a handful of points on everything else.
Posts: 185
Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.comFlight Availability Search
Departing LHR on 11/21/17 12:00 AM for LAS
Flying BA
Direct/Non-Stop Only
Frequency
Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes
0 Connections
BA 275 0 LHR LAS 744 Daily F1 A0 J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 W9 E0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M8 L5 V2 S2 N2 Q0 O0 G0
11/21/17 3:50 PM 11/21/17 6:30 PM 55% / 29m
#685
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,584
Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.com
Results from https://www.ExpertFlyer.com
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Flight Availability Search Departing CPT on 12/04/17 12:00 AM for PLZ Returning on 12/07/17 12:00 AM Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA (MN) 6323 0 CPT PLZ 734 Daily J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L7 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 12/04/17 11:35 AM 12/04/17 12:45 PM 83% / 19m
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Flight Availability Search Departing CPT on 12/04/17 12:00 AM for PLZ Returning on 12/07/17 12:00 AM Flying BA Direct/Non-Stop Only Frequency Flight Stops Depart Arrive Aircraft Reliability Available Classes 0 Connections BA (MN) 6324 0 PLZ CPT 734 M,T,W,Th,F J9 C9 D9 R8 I4 Y9 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0 12/07/17 9:40 AM 12/07/17 10:55 AM 86% / 10m
#686
Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: emirates british airways priority pass
Posts: 27
Please could you help with flight load?
Please could someone post flight loads and also the fare classes for these flights.
BA118 BLR-LHR DEC 21
BA099 LHR-YYZ DEC 21
Thank you so much!
BA118 BLR-LHR DEC 21
BA099 LHR-YYZ DEC 21
Thank you so much!
#687
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Chelsea
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,227
Would someone be kind enough to tell me the loads for BA057 (LHR - JNB) this Tuesday, 14 November?
#688
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, EK Gold, GF Silver, IC Royal Ambass, Marriott Gold, TK Elite
Posts: 902
#690
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, EK Gold, GF Silver, IC Royal Ambass, Marriott Gold, TK Elite
Posts: 902
ba099 j9 c8 d6 r3 i0 w4 e2 t0 y6 b3 h0 k0 m0 l0 v0 s0 n0 q0 o0 g0