Sep 14, 2017, 7:20 am
Last edit by: Flame3601
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
Oct 12, 2017, 8:09 pm
#256
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 16
Hello everyone. thanks In advance.
october 25th
ek232
IAD
DXB
i am hoping for an empty flight so i can grab a empty row since when i am going they downgraded the plane to B777. If their are empty rows in Economy I will stretch out while on the flight.
thank you
october 25th
ek232
IAD
DXB
i am hoping for an empty flight so i can grab a empty row since when i am going they downgraded the plane to B777. If their are empty rows in Economy I will stretch out while on the flight.
thank you
Oct 12, 2017, 8:35 pm
#257
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Too far out to tell, and emptiness is difficult to predict, as one can't tell if more than 9 seats are for sale. Equally due to seat selection fees the seat map will probably be wide open now but fill up automatically when OLCI opens
Oct 21, 2017, 10:53 am
#259
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: MT, USA
Programs: Ex-5C club, Skymiles Gold
Posts: 454
EK 280GLA
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
Oct 21, 2017, 11:00 am
#260
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
EK 280GLA
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
Y7 Looks promising. Y goes up to 9 typically
Oct 21, 2017, 12:41 pm
#261
Join Date: Nov 2011
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 564
EK 280GLA
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
10/25/17 2:15 PMDXB
10/26/17 12:45 AM77W
Daily
85% / 19mF0 A0 J4 C4 I0 O0 P0 Y7 E7 R7 W7 M7B7 U7 K7 H0 Q7 L7 T7 V7 X0
0 Connections
J to F upgrade isn’t going to happen and Y to J isn’t exactly looking promising but it is really too early to tell.
FWIW there is D upgrade availability.
Last edited by S c 0 TT y; Oct 21, 2017 at 12:51 pm Reason: found the answer
Oct 21, 2017, 4:50 pm
#262
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 16
october 25th
ek232
IAD
DXB
i am hoping for an empty flight so i can grab a empty row since when i am going they downgraded the plane to B777. If their are empty rows in Economy I will stretch out while on the flight.
thank you
Oct 21, 2017, 6:11 pm
#263
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Is it still to early to check this flight?
october 25th
ek232
IAD
DXB
i am hoping for an empty flight so i can grab a empty row since when i am going they downgraded the plane to B777. If their are empty rows in Economy I will stretch out while on the flight.
thank you
october 25th
ek232
IAD
DXB
i am hoping for an empty flight so i can grab a empty row since when i am going they downgraded the plane to B777. If their are empty rows in Economy I will stretch out while on the flight.
thank you
I appreciate the information.
Oct 22, 2017, 8:02 am
#268
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Pretty sure this info came from ExpertFlyer, and this is how the info is distributed by the GDS, which goes up to 9 for Y fares and 7 for J fares and 4 for F fares typically
Oct 22, 2017, 1:18 pm
#269
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: MT, USA
Programs: Ex-5C club, Skymiles Gold
Posts: 454
Yes, skywardhunter is correct. The load info came from ExpertFlyer and it does go up to 9. I mistakenly read the 7s as full but in reality they were showing 7 remaining to sell. So in the end, Scotty does stand a fairly good chance if he is looking to get the op-up from Y to J.
Oct 22, 2017, 2:26 pm
#270
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Yes, skywardhunter is correct. The load info came from ExpertFlyer and it does go up to 9. I mistakenly read the 7s as full but in reality they were showing 7 remaining to sell. So in the end, Scotty does stand a fairly good chance if he is looking to get the op-up from Y to J.