SeatSpy and BA not showing some availability
Feb 22, 2023, 4:59 am
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SeatSpy and BA not showing some availability
When looking at seat spy for reward seats on BA. There are some business seats which are showing up when I search for specific dates. These do not show up on the BA calendar of available dates. Nor do they show up in the SeatSpy availability. This is not when using a new style 241.
Has anyone else found this?
Has anyone else found this?
Feb 22, 2023, 5:10 am
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This is one very confusing paragraph!
So where do they show up ?
There are some business seats which are showing up when I search for specific dates. These do not show up on the BA calendar of available dates. Nor do they show up in the SeatSpy availability
Feb 22, 2023, 5:15 am
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Using the BA website, I searched for reward flight availability for the whole year. This was done by using the 'Reward Flight Finder'. For the month of June, the results showed no availability.
However, when using the 'Search and book function' for a specific date in June, it showed that there was availability.
Equally, when using the SeatSpy website and searching for that same route, for the month of June, it shows no availability. This is the same result as the 'Reward Flight Finder' function on the BA website.
Hope that helps.
However, when using the 'Search and book function' for a specific date in June, it showed that there was availability.
Equally, when using the SeatSpy website and searching for that same route, for the month of June, it shows no availability. This is the same result as the 'Reward Flight Finder' function on the BA website.
Hope that helps.
Feb 22, 2023, 5:31 am
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Yes - the only reliable (totally "live") source for finding availability is going day by day, entering particular from and to airports and choosing dates. You can then "Find availability with British Airways on other dates" which also tends to be accurate.
Other methods not synced to total live availability
Other methods not synced to total live availability
Feb 23, 2023, 1:51 am
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Yes - the only reliable (totally "live") source for finding availability is going day by day, entering particular from and to airports and choosing dates. You can then "Find availability with British Airways on other dates" which also tends to be accurate.
Other methods not synced to total live availability
Other methods not synced to total live availability
Mar 16, 2023, 8:16 am
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Mar 16, 2023, 3:52 pm
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Is there any other way of checking other than logging onto BA?
Thanks
Apr 9, 2024, 7:46 am
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Anyone got any recent thoughts on SeatSpy accuracy of late? I have been paying my £2.99 for over a year now, and treated the data presented as gospel. However I have had a couple of incidents recently whereby I have had dates where SS was showing nothing in any class on a particular route (LHR-LAX), but direct checks on BA.com have showed availability in various classes - and these seats have been genuinely bookable. This isnt a timing thing, as I have checked SS for a number of days either side with no change. This seems to be different to the old, more common issue whereby SS shows old/phantom availability.
Will email SS for a response, but interested in other thoughts. Can we properly rely on it?
Will email SS for a response, but interested in other thoughts. Can we properly rely on it?
Apr 9, 2024, 9:46 am
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I have been a long term user of SeatSpy with good success. However I have very recently been looking for First class availability to Dallas DFW, SS was showing availability on the 11th & 18th March 2025, however this was not replicated on BA’s site. A day by day search on BA and I found availability for the 19th March, this was not shown on SS…..Disappointing!
Apr 9, 2024, 9:53 am
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Anyone got any recent thoughts on SeatSpy accuracy of late? I have been paying my £2.99 for over a year now, and treated the data presented as gospel. However I have had a couple of incidents recently whereby I have had dates where SS was showing nothing in any class on a particular route (LHR-LAX), but direct checks on BA.com have showed availability in various classes - and these seats have been genuinely bookable. This isnt a timing thing, as I have checked SS for a number of days either side with no change. This seems to be different to the old, more common issue whereby SS shows old/phantom availability.
Will email SS for a response, but interested in other thoughts. Can we properly rely on it?
Will email SS for a response, but interested in other thoughts. Can we properly rely on it?
It was working for me all OK up until maybe a month or so ago and now seems to have frozen. As an example for the past 2 weeks there has been F availability on SS to LAX on the 3rd & 4th of May. A quick search on BA and this shows as being incorrect. Have a feeling their API feed may have paused/broken