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Old Sep 14, 2017, 7:20 am
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Information on Load requests

The number of seats for sale for a flight are available via ExpertFlyer.com, a subscription-based service with a 5-day free trial. A subscription is $9.99/month and can be enabled and disabled any time. It is encouraged to subscribe rather than post repeatedly in this thread.

NB: Op-up changes or overselling of a flight cannot be determined with certainty from this information, only inferred to be more or less probable.

For a once-off load request please follow these guidelines:

Flight loads >7 days out are not very useful, as the airline could still sell many seats, unless availability of a specific fare bucket (e.g. Business Saver upgrade) is requested. If you wish to know the general flight load please don't post >7 days before departure.

When requesting a load please provide the following information:

- Date of flight (departure date)
- Flight Number
- Origin
- Destination

These four fields are mandatory in searching on ExpertFlyer (see screenshot below) and it isn't fair to except those who pay for their subscriptions to also have to go look up which cities a specific flight number is from and to (also some flight numbers are onward flights (5th freedom routes, e.g. CMB-MLE) and loads will differ significantly depending on which sector of the flight is checked.

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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by SimonLHR
Anyone offer some advice on what would be the best dates to book my other half and kids (3yr and 4 months) from LHR to CRK in Y.
Really looking at booking in the first 2 weeks of September then a return in early March 2018.

It's the EK338 I'm more interested in, can anyone check which is the quietest flight outbound?
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 8:09 am
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EK394 loads 22/8/17

Anybody know the loads for EK394 loads 22/8/17... and EK19 on 28/8/17

Many thanks, any info would be appreciated.
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by mrog88
Anybody know the loads for EK394 loads 22/8/17... and EK19 on 28/8/17

Many thanks, any info would be appreciated.
You need to say the destination - I only know ek19 as I fly to MAN a lot, as you can see 19 is very busy with no seats being sold in Y.
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 8:17 am
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Sorry... EK394 is Hanoi.

Thanks
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by lucafrost
Hey tm84, also me again

EK 11 // DXB > LGW // 30 AUG 17
F4 A4 J7 C7 I7

There you go.
Thanks again lucafrost...they look like good loads!
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Old Aug 21, 2017 | 8:22 am
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Originally Posted by m3red
You need to say the destination - I only know ek19 as I fly to MAN a lot, as you can see 19 is very busy with no seats being sold in Y.
Sorry... EK394 is Hanoi.

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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 12:51 am
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Please could someone do a load check for me on the following routing - if possible +/- couple of days:

FRA - xDXB - PNH 03.Nov.17 (C/F cabin only) EK048 / EK388
PNH - xDXB - PNH 12.Nov.17 (C/F cabin only) EK388 / EK048

Many thanks!
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 1:04 am
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That's a long way off - probably best to ask closer to the time!
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by theox
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That's a long way off - probably best to ask closer to the time!
Sorry - I might be missing something here....but I'm trying to book reward seats now around that time - if I wait until closer, what good is it going to be if the answer is F0, C0, etc... ?

I have not had access to the EK site for days.. (continuous technical error).
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by FS_FRA
Sorry - I might be missing something here....but I'm trying to book reward seats now around that time - if I wait until closer, what good is it going to be if the answer is F0, C0, etc... ?

I have not had access to the EK site for days.. (continuous technical error).
Have you tried a new browser window or deleting your cookies? You can search for award seats on the app as well. You're unlikely to get exactly the flights you want, so its a matter of checking multiple flights across multiple days, in such cases an ExpertFlyer subscription may be worth it (you can cancel after 1 month, so only 10$ and there's a free trial which is also sufficient if you just need a day or two to access).
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 10:53 pm
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Originally Posted by FS_FRA
Sorry - I might be missing something here....but I'm trying to book reward seats now around that time - if I wait until closer, what good is it going to be if the answer is F0, C0, etc... ?

I have not had access to the EK site for days.. (continuous technical error).
The space listings given here do not include the upgrade and award fare buckets (Z, O, D, W and N).

You need ExpertFlyer or the EK website (or maybe there are more ways) for that.
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Old Aug 25, 2017 | 7:37 am
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[MENTION=794047]skywardhunter[/MENTION] and [MENTION=259799]ft101[/MENTION] - thanks for your tips. ExpertFlyert trial it is then...^

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Old Aug 25, 2017 | 8:29 am
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Ek 926

Ive got to burn my miles before oktober,
Next week flying from Cai-Dxb in J, but cant upgrade to f till hoe
Flying EK 926 on 04 sept
Any tips?
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Old Aug 26, 2017 | 5:46 am
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Originally Posted by larzy1977
Ive got to burn my miles before oktober,
Next week flying from Cai-Dxb in J, but cant upgrade to f till hoe
Flying EK 926 on 04 sept
Any tips?

How many have you got? You could always sell them.
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Old Aug 26, 2017 | 6:22 am
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Originally Posted by SimonLHR
How many have you got? You could always sell them.
Got 42k
Hoping for upgrades
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