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seat availability?

i used the program to see if my flight was oversold, close to oversold or had First availabilty but the same flight has two different seats available. Why is that and which one is correct?

Departs
Charlotte (CLT)
November 18
5:14 pm Arrives
Atlanta (ATL)
November 18
6:31 pm Notes
Cabin class: F0 A0 Y9 B7 M0 H0 Q0 K0 L0 U0 T0

Delta Airlines
Flight: 661
Departs
Atlanta (ATL)
November 18
8:56 pm Arrives
Tucson (TUS)
November 18
10:53 pm Notes
Cabin class: F0 A0 Y7 B5 M1 H1 Q0 K0 L0 U0 T0

or

Flight: 4898
(Operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines)
Departs
Charlotte (CLT)
November 18
6:21 pm Arrives
Atlanta (ATL)
November 18
7:37 pm Notes
Cabin class: Y4 B0 M0 H0 Q0 K0 L0 U0 T0
JetCanadair Jet

Delta Airlines :confused:
Flight: 661
Departs
Atlanta (ATL)
November 18
8:56 pm Arrives
Tucson (TUS)
November 18
10:53 pm Notes
Cabin class: F0 A0 Y1 B0 M0 H0 Q0 K0 L0 U0 T0

The second flight is what i am questioning. The first option says there is 14 seats and the second says only one Y seat. need clarification.

Because the flights list the fare buckets available for the total itinerary, even though it shows results leg by leg.

The second combo of flights includes an RJ. Even if there were seats in front on the ATL-TUS leg, "F" and "A" buckets would still show up as empty for BOTH flights. Similarly, the fare buckets for coach are dictated by the leg that has the least availability.

If you want to see what's available (seats up front for a possible upgrade maybe) you need to enter each leg individually.

that does make sense, thank you for your wisdom.

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Originally Posted by saeswank

thank you for your wisdom.

Words I seldom hear :D

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Originally Posted by saeswank

The first option says there is 14 seats

No. It says there are at least 7 seats.

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Originally Posted by UpgradeMe

No. It says there are at least 7 seats.

Right. As I understand it, the classes below Y are all a subset of the Y fare class. So this example shows that there are at least 7 coach seats available, of which they are willing to sell all of them at full Y, but only 5 at B, and only one of those seats at H or M. Revenue management is a very complex department, from what I've seen, it's really an art to "squeeze" the most revenue they can out of each seat.

dan