What happens to unpurchased International FC (D1) Seats?
Apr 4, 2017, 9:35 am
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What happens to unpurchased International FC (D1) Seats?
This may seem like a silly question, but I was curious. Considering there isn't an "upgrade list" for international flights like domestic flights; what happens when there are seats that noone purchased, even with FCM?
Do they fly them empty?
Thanks!
Do they fly them empty?
Thanks!
Apr 4, 2017, 9:45 am
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Then seats go to non-revs.
If not filled with non-revs, seats in D1 can fly empty.
Apr 4, 2017, 9:52 am
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Non-rev is short for non revenue; it means airline employees and their family members/friends flying on unpaid space available travel privileges as a job perk.
Apr 4, 2017, 10:07 am
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There is an international upgrade waitlist. People using miles to upgrade may go on it. People using GUCs go on it and clear into available inventory in advance, or into empty seats at the gate.
Then seats go to non-revs.
If not filled with non-revs, seats in D1 can fly empty.
Then seats go to non-revs.
If not filled with non-revs, seats in D1 can fly empty.
Apr 4, 2017, 10:23 am
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...or anyone flying on an unpaid ticket including those on official business, technicians, certain suppliers, journalists, and so on.
Apr 4, 2017, 11:15 am
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Apr 4, 2017, 1:09 pm
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Apr 4, 2017, 1:29 pm
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Non-revs don't get upgraded. They get cleared into whatever seats remain available after revenue passengers are accommodated. So in theory the only way a non-rev gets an F/J seat over a paying passenger is if there are no more paying passengers eligible to be upgraded (no status for domestic, or no cert waitlist for D1 TCON or international).
In practice sometimes maybe this procedure isn't followed, and there's a huge thread for discussing when this happens or is imagined to have happened.
In practice sometimes maybe this procedure isn't followed, and there's a huge thread for discussing when this happens or is imagined to have happened.