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Old Nov 30, 2012, 2:26 am
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Hi, could somebody please check the loads on BA284, SFO-LHR on 1st June 2013 for me please. Thank you
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 3:07 am
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I'm trying to find two CW seats for a colleague, who's currently booked into WTP, on the below flights. I've been checking availability frequently over the past month, but without success. I'd be very grateful if someone with the means could check the CW loads for me to gauge the (remote?) possibility of upgrades appearing later on:

BA0283 LHR to LAX on Tue 04 Dec 2012

BA0268 LAX to LHR on Wed 19 Dec 2012

I'm guessing the return flight will likely be busy with Christmas travellers, but it's worth a punt. Thanks. ^
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 4:23 am
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Originally Posted by darthlemsip
Hi, could somebody please check the loads on BA284, SFO-LHR on 1st June 2013 for me please. Thank you
Predictably wide open availability at this stage, so far out:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
SFO  San Francisco Intl CA US [KSFO]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
SAT  01 Jun 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         284     SFO   16:55     LHR   11:00     744      F9 A9 C9 D9 R9 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 Q0 G0 J9 W9 E9 T9 N9 O0
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 4:28 am
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Originally Posted by taff_2003
BA0283 LHR to LAX on Tue 04 Dec 2012
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
TUE  04 Dec 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         283     LHR   10:25     LAX   13:30     744      F5 A4 C7 D0 R0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 Q9 G9 J9 W9 E9 T9 N9 O9
Originally Posted by taff_2003
BA0268 LAX to LHR on Wed 19 Dec 2012
[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
LAX  Los Angeles Intl CA US [KLAX]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
WED  19 Dec 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         268     LAX   20:40     LHR   14:50     744      F9 A8 C4 D2 R0 I0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 Q0 G0 J6 W0 E0 T0 N0 O0
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 5:02 am
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Thanks MNManInKen!
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 6:29 am
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Originally Posted by MNManInKen
Predictably wide open availability at this stage, so far out:

[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
SFO  San Francisco Intl CA US [KSFO]
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
SAT  01 Jun 2013

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -----------------------------------------------------------------
BA         284     SFO   16:55     LHR   11:00     744      F9 A9 C9 D9 R9 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 Q0 G0 J9 W9 E9 T9 N9 O0

Thank you - wonder why they never opeed up any award seats on this flight? Hopefully some will come up at some point
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by darthlemsip
wonder why they never opeed up any award seats on this flight?
I think that question can only be answered by Dumbledore
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by darthlemsip
Thank you - wonder why they never opeed up any award seats on this flight?
Perhaps because the availability of award seats may be linked more to projections of what the load will look like by the day of the flight, and less to what the load looks like today?

Suppose the airline has 300 seats for sale on 1 June 2013, and it knows from history that even if it makes no award seats available it will sell 10 seats between 10 June 2012 and 15 May 2013, and 290 seats between 16 May 2013 and 1 June 2013. And suppose that by 1 November 2012, it's already sold 15 seats. Why should it make any award seats available, even though there are still 285 seats left to sell?

That's an extremely oversimplified example, but I hope it illustrates the point.
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
Perhaps because the availability of award seats may be linked more to projections of what the load will look like by the day of the flight, and less to what the load looks like today?

Suppose the airline has 300 seats for sale on 1 June 2013, and it knows from history that even if it makes no award seats available it will sell 10 seats between 10 June 2012 and 15 May 2013, and 290 seats between 16 May 2013 and 1 June 2013. And suppose that by 1 November 2012, it's already sold 15 seats. Why should it make any award seats available, even though there are still 285 seats left to sell?

That's an extremely oversimplified example, but I hope it illustrates the point.
I understand all of that - I should have explained, they did, a couple of days after my parents making this booking (for it is they I'm trying to sort out here), have availability on every day around this one but not that specific day.

Anyway, it's their own fault - I told them not to book a specific day without checking availability first, and did they listen? Of course not...
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Old Nov 30, 2012, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by darthlemsip
Anyway, it's their own fault - I told them not to book a specific day without checking availability first, and did they listen? Of course not...
I feel your pain. My sympathy.

A fellow lawyer once said: Never give free legal advice. People never pay attention to free legal advice. But if you charge them through the nose for it, they will pay attention to every word.

The sad thing is that clients really do work like that!
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Old Dec 4, 2012, 9:15 am
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Request for loads on flight
Hi there,

Can anyone run off the current loads on BA 992 to TXL on 10th December 2012 with KVS or whatever it is called?

Thanks,

FD.
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Old Dec 4, 2012, 9:27 am
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[KVS Availability Tool 7.1.0/Diamond - Sabre: Availability/FS/US]
Code:
LHR  London Heathrow UK [EGLL]
TXL  Berlin Tegel DE [EDDT]
MON  10 Dec 2012

Carrier    Flight  From  Depart    To    Arrive    A/C  St  Availability
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  --------------------------------------------------
BA         992     LHR   08:30     TXL   11:20     320      C9 D8 R9 I9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M0 L0 V0 Q0 S9 G9 J9 N0 O0
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Old Dec 4, 2012, 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by Flying Doctor
Hi there,

Can anyone run off the current loads on BA 992 to TXL on 10th December 2012 with KVS or whatever it is called?

Thanks,

FD.
I don't have access to the subscription services but you might find your answer in Flightstats

http://www.flightstats.co.uk/FlightA...vailability.do

I don't know how reliable the info is though!
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Old Dec 4, 2012, 9:45 am
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Thats lovely - thanks!
FD.
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Old Dec 4, 2012, 10:08 am
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Originally Posted by Amarone
I don't have access to the subscription services but you might find your answer in Flightstats

http://www.flightstats.co.uk/FlightA...vailability.do

I don't know how reliable the info is though!
That's exactly what KVS scrapes. In fact it should probably be in one of those wiki things on this thread really.
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