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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.

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.

Flight Load Check request
#181
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Skywards Silver
Posts: 34
It's the EK338 I'm more interested in, can anyone check which is the quietest flight outbound?
#183


Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,930
#187



Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: FRA
Programs: LH HON
Posts: 1,308
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!
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!
#189



Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: FRA
Programs: LH HON
Posts: 1,308
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).
I have not had access to the EK site for days.. (continuous technical error).
#190




Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
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).
#191
FlyerTalk Evangelist


Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 10,048
You need ExpertFlyer or the EK website (or maybe there are more ways) for that.
#194
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Skywards Silver
Posts: 34





