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Old Jan 11, 2019, 12:29 am
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Current methods to check fare/booking class availability:
If you are requesting flight load / class availability, please provide the following:
1. Actual travel date (don't say tomorrow, or similar, as that is ambiguous given the global flyertalk membership)
2. Departure and arrival airport codes
3. Flight number
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 8:05 am
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Thanks so much! New to the jargon but looking at the outbound flight, from what I've read here in terms of interpreting the data, it looks as though there are lots of economy seats available? Fingers crossed for a free seat next to me! I'll keep monitoring the seating chart, especially after check in opens and passengers are selecting their seats...
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by chris_2020
Thanks so much! New to the jargon but looking at the outbound flight, from what I've read here in terms of interpreting the data, it looks as though there are lots of economy seats available? Fingers crossed for a free seat next to me! I'll keep monitoring the seating chart, especially after check in opens and passengers are selecting their seats...
Yes, it does currently look reasonably quiet in Economy on your outbound flight to JFK so you maybe lucky in respect of an empty seat next to you, Keep checking after online check in opens but don't print off or download your boarding pass as that then commits you to a specific seat (I suppose you can ask to move once onboard though).

If 61K on the return flight is open to you, I would grab it quick.
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 12:51 pm
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LHR-DOH
Could someone please check BA0123 LHR-DON on 12 Oct 19?

thanks
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 12:56 pm
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Originally Posted by gallagher
Could someone please check BA0123 LHR-DON on 12 Oct 19?

thanks
Will Doha do?

BA 123 0
LHR 12/10/19 19:45
DOH 13/10/19 4:30
789 Daily 74% / 25m
F7 A6 J9 C9 D9 R9 I0 W9 E0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 V3 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G9
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by gallagher
Could someone please check BA0123 LHR-DON on 12 Oct 19?

thanks
DON? DOH maybe? Here you go - US POS:

BA 123
LHR 10/12/19 7:45 PM
DOH 10/13/19 4:30 AM
789 Daily 74% / 25m
F6 A6 J9 C9 D9 R8 I6 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G9

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Old Oct 7, 2019, 3:23 pm
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Could anyone please check for me the ticket selling availability and potential load on the BA67 on 14th October?

I'm already on it for a work trip but have the worst seat in the house for premium economy - back row, in the middle of the block of four. It was all that was available when it was booked and there's no other seats showing as available to choose.

Crossing fingers that it's looking massively oversold in Y and W, and I'll get moved forwards!!
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by TownCar
Could anyone please check for me the ticket selling availability and potential load on the BA67 on 14th October?

I'm already on it for a work trip but have the worst seat in the house for premium economy - back row, in the middle of the block of four. It was all that was available when it was booked and there's no other seats showing as available to choose.

Crossing fingers that it's looking massively oversold in Y and W, and I'll get moved forwards!!
FYI it is common courtesy to provide source and destination airport codes as well as the flight number (because most of the tools people use require airports, not just flight numbers.) Not sure what you mean by selling availability that isn't covered by the loads, but here are the loads:

BA 67
LHR 10/14/19 12:40 PM
PHL 10/14/19 3:35 PM
744 Daily 56% / 36m
F2 A1 J9 C4 D0 R0 I0 W1 E0 T0 Y8 B4 H1 K1 M1 L1 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0

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Old Oct 7, 2019, 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by RB211
FYI it is common courtesy to provide source and destination airport codes as well as the flight number (because most of the tools people use require airports, not just flight numbers.) Not sure what you mean by selling availability that isn't covered by the loads, but here are the loads:

BA 67
LHR 10/14/19 12:40 PM
PHL 10/14/19 3:35 PM
744 Daily 56% / 36m
F2 A1 J9 C4 D0 R0 I0 W1 E0 T0 Y8 B4 H1 K1 M1 L1 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0

rb211.
Ah ok, apologies, yes it's the LHR - PHL service, I thought it was based on flight number. Many thanks for the results. If I interpret them correctly, that's not a huge amount on offer in the lower classes so will cross toes as well as fingers.
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by RB211
Not sure what you mean by selling availability that isn't covered by the loads, but here are the loads:
...
F2 A1 J9 C4 D0 R0 I0 W1 E0 T0 Y8 B4 H1 K1 M1 L1 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0
AIUI, and I'm happy to be corrected, what you're quoting here is the availability per booking class. The load isn't something available through EF.
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Old Oct 7, 2019, 4:33 pm
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Originally Posted by internetplumber
AIUI, and I'm happy to be corrected, what you're quoting here is the availability per booking class. The load isn't something available through EF.
No - you're correct, apologies!

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Old Oct 8, 2019, 3:42 am
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Originally Posted by BarneyMcGrew
Yes, it does currently look reasonably quiet in Economy on your outbound flight to JFK so you maybe lucky in respect of an empty seat next to you, Keep checking after online check in opens but don't print off or download your boarding pass as that then commits you to a specific seat (I suppose you can ask to move once onboard though).

If 61K on the return flight is open to you, I would grab it quick.
Bizarrely, overnight my seemingly quiet flight has totally filled up with almost every seat being taken in Economy. Has anyone ever seen this kind of thing happen before? Check in hasn't opened yet, so I don't believe all these seat reservations in the space of a day have come from Exec Club members or passengers who have paid, surely?
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Old Oct 8, 2019, 3:45 am
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Originally Posted by chris_2020
Bizarrely, overnight my seemingly quiet flight has totally filled up with almost every seat being taken in Economy. Has anyone ever seen this kind of thing happen before? Check in hasn't opened yet, so I don't believe all these seat reservations in the space of a day have come from Exec Club members or passengers who have paid, surely?

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...ts-status.html

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Old Oct 8, 2019, 8:28 am
  #958  
 
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Hi All

i have a flight coming up and wondering what my chances of an upgrade are as i've been upgraded a few times but over Christmas (I'm flying economy)

Could someone please check the flight load on BA0081 LHR-ACC on 5 Nov19?

Thanks
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Old Oct 8, 2019, 8:33 am
  #959  
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Originally Posted by salsal
Hi All

i have a flight coming up and wondering what my chances of an upgrade are as i've been upgraded a few times but over Christmas (I'm flying economy)

Could someone please check the flight load on BA0081 LHR-ACC on 5 Nov19?

Thanks
Hello salsal and welcome to Flyertalk. It's not looking good at the moment for an operational upgrade:

F9 A9 J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9H9 K9 M9 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0
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Old Oct 8, 2019, 8:44 am
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Thanks for your swift response golfmad, i will check again closer to the flight
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