MASTER THREAD: Seat and flight availability
Jul 22, 2009, 8:19 am
#16
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JFK Loads
Does anyone know which JFK flights to London are least and most busy in WT+ tonight?
Jul 22, 2009, 8:20 am
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Tonight will be difficult to find out unless there are any BA lurkers prepared to give you the information - Expertflyer etc won't have information for today's flights as this will now be under airline control...
Jul 22, 2009, 8:25 am
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EF won't show you seatmaps after OLCI opens - the buckets are still there no problem right up to departure.
Jul 22, 2009, 8:32 am
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Dummy booking on Expedia.com so you can see the seatmaps? Or will that be the same as expertflyer? Actually, seatmap is not the most accurate as not everyone will be checked in.
Jul 22, 2009, 8:36 am
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BA () 112 0
JFK 22/07/09 6:20 PM
LHR 23/07/09 6:25 AM 744
F2 A2 J7 C1 D1 R2 I0 W9 E5 T5 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V7 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G9
BA () 174 0
JFK 22/07/09 7:05 PM
LHR 23/07/09 7:05 AM 744
F8 A8 J9 C5 D4 R3 I0 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N6 Q0 O0 G9
BA () 176 0
JFK 22/07/09 7:35 PM
LHR 23/07/09 7:40 AM 744
F7 A4 J9 C9 D9 R9 I1 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V9 S9 N9 Q1 O0 G9
BA () 116 0
JFK22/07/09 8:05 PM
LHR 23/07/09 8:10 AM 744
F5 A3 J9 C5 D4 R2 I0 W7 E6 T6 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L6 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G9
BA () 182 0
JFK 22/07/09 10:30 PM
LHR 23/07/09 10:25 AM 777
F8 A8 J9 C2 D2 R2 I0 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V7 S1 N0 Q0 O0 G9
Jul 22, 2009, 8:42 am
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Jul 22, 2009, 5:09 pm
#22
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Excellent - many thanks indeed for the info.
Jul 23, 2009, 10:09 am
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Trying to interpret figures...!
OK, please have a little patience as I try very hard to become "self-sufficient" as Swanhunter suggests! 
According to SeatCounter, this is the current availability on my flight:
L K S N V Q H E M B Y D I J R C A F
0 9 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 6 0 1 2 2
1 British 299 747-400 LHR/05:50p ORD/08:05p
Obviously I'm interested to know if WT+ is going to be overbooked or full in the hope of the "u" word. But I'm a bit confused with the letter codes here. Please can someone teach me which are WT+ in this case?!
Thanks for helping out a mere musician who gets glazed eyes when it comes to interpreting numbers, notes are so much easier.
According to SeatCounter, this is the current availability on my flight:
L K S N V Q H E M B Y D I J R C A F
0 9 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 6 0 1 2 2
1 British 299 747-400 LHR/05:50p ORD/08:05p
Obviously I'm interested to know if WT+ is going to be overbooked or full in the hope of the "u" word. But I'm a bit confused with the letter codes here. Please can someone teach me which are WT+ in this case?!
Thanks for helping out a mere musician who gets glazed eyes when it comes to interpreting numbers, notes are so much easier.
Jul 23, 2009, 10:21 am
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Don't, is my advice. Get to the airport and what happens, happens. I have looked at the loads for my flights many a time and thought 'that must be ripe for an OpUp' and not had one (or seen any others) but conversely I've looked and thought it was plenty open and yet still enjoyed sitting in a better seat. It's not worth the time, effort or thought even slightly working yourself up to any degree of expectation at all - you'll feel far more deflated when it's dashed.
I will try to dig out a post somewhere I did once that explains the letters though, anyway. Edit: here's one of them http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/7651285-post83.html
Basically, the number represents how many seats BA are willing to sell in that bucket. 9 represents '9 or more'. The buckets do not 'sum' (so J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 does not equal 5x9 = 45 seats for sale). How and why certain buckets are for sale can vary over regions (e.g., one of my flights right now is I0 for the UK 'point of sale' (POS) but I9 for the USA on the same flight). In general: anything showing 9 is pretty open, low numbers indicate space is running out...at least in that bucket if not the cabin.
Last edited by G-BOAC; Jul 23, 2009 at 10:29 am
Jul 30, 2009, 9:58 am
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CW Loads on BA2155? (LGW-BGI, 6th August)
Hi,
I'm treating my family to their first CW flights next week, 6 August, BA2155 LGW-BGI, and was wondering if some kind sole would check out the current loads in CW?
We're coming back 18th August (BA2154), so loads on that flight would be appreciated too.
Thanks
I'm treating my family to their first CW flights next week, 6 August, BA2155 LGW-BGI, and was wondering if some kind sole would check out the current loads in CW?
We're coming back 18th August (BA2154), so loads on that flight would be appreciated too.
Thanks
Jul 30, 2009, 10:48 am
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06AUG09 BA2155 LGW-BGI
F0 A0 J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M8 L7 V2 S1 N1 Q1 O0 G0
18AUG09 BA2154 BGI-LGW
F5 A4 J9 C9 D9 R9 I7 W9 E8 T8 Y9 B8 H7 K5 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0
I'll merge this into our master thread
F0 A0 J9 C9 D9 R9 I9 W9 E9 T9 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M8 L7 V2 S1 N1 Q1 O0 G0
18AUG09 BA2154 BGI-LGW
F5 A4 J9 C9 D9 R9 I7 W9 E8 T8 Y9 B8 H7 K5 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 G0
I'll merge this into our master thread
Jul 30, 2009, 2:55 pm
#27
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Looks like we might have plenty of room in the 777 dorm
Jul 30, 2009, 3:52 pm
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BTW: BA 113 looks very full as of today...Eco is most certainly overbooked (zero availability even in Y)
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Platinum - Apollo: Availability/ITN/US-MYP]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] JFK New York John F Kennedy Int'l NY US [KJFK] MO 03 Aug 2009 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- --------------------------------------------------------- BA 113 LHR 15:35 JFK 18:10 744 0 F2 A2 J4 C4 D3 R0 I0 E4 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 0 0
Code:
A B | D E F G | J K 17 - + + X X + + - 18 - - - X X - - - 19 W - - - X X - - - 20 W - - - - - - - - 60 U - - X - 61 U - - - - 62 E -E -E -E -E U 63 E -E -E -E -E U 64 U X - - - [+] Available [P] Premium [-] Assigned [X] Blocked [W] Wing [E] Exit Row [U] Upper Deck
Best,
Lukas
Jul 31, 2009, 2:49 am
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Hey, what a coincidence! I am also on BA 113 on August 3rd! Maybe we can meet or something like that....
BTW: BA 113 looks very full as of today...Eco is most certainly overbooked (zero availability even in Y)
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Platinum - Apollo: Availability/ITN/US-MYP]
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Platinum - Apollo Seat Map: 03 Aug 2009/BA 113/LHR-JFK/744/C]
Best,
Lukas
BTW: BA 113 looks very full as of today...Eco is most certainly overbooked (zero availability even in Y)
[KVS Availability Tool 5.0.2/Platinum - Apollo: Availability/ITN/US-MYP]
Code:
LHR London Heathrow UK [EGLL] JFK New York John F Kennedy Int'l NY US [KJFK] MO 03 Aug 2009 Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive A/C St Availability --------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- --------------------------------------------------------- BA 113 LHR 15:35 JFK 18:10 744 0 F2 A2 J4 C4 D3 R0 I0 E4 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 0 0
Code:
A B | D E F G | J K 17 - + + X X + + - 18 - - - X X - - - 19 W - - - X X - - - 20 W - - - - - - - - 60 U - - X - 61 U - - - - 62 E -E -E -E -E U 63 E -E -E -E -E U 64 U X - - - [+] Available [P] Premium [-] Assigned [X] Blocked [W] Wing [E] Exit Row [U] Upper Deck
Best,
Lukas
Aug 1, 2009, 6:38 am
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Chances on 162/189 on Aug 2
Hi, I am BAEC gold, booked in T class on flights 162/184 tomorrow,
seatcounter does not have any information on WTP status.
Can anyone hint on my bump chances tomorrow?
Thanks!
seatcounter does not have any information on WTP status.
Can anyone hint on my bump chances tomorrow?
Thanks!