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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 Feb 23, 2018 | 12:57 pm
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Nope, nothing, no op-up....
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Daandeluxe
Nope, nothing, no op-up....
Can't help but get excited sometimes for nothing to happen...
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 1:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Daandeluxe
Nope, nothing, no op-up....
well, then you can tell us how you enjoyed your first Y experience with EK.
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by thijsseh


well, then you can tell us how you enjoyed your first Y experience with EK.
To start with: the legroom is a bit tight 😄
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Old Feb 26, 2018 | 4:41 pm
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Just in case you're going to ask for a LC request, EF currently has this message:

The Emirates Award search is temporarily unavailable. We are working with the data provider to fix the issue and expect the search to be restored in the next couple days. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

General availability is still there, but there is no award notice working apparently.
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Old Feb 27, 2018 | 8:25 pm
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Snagged one of the last Y Flex fares on EK419/157 next Sunday, hoping for an op-up. Still a bit out with SYD-BKK Y9, BKK-DXB Y3, DXB-ARN Y0. Fingers crossed

EK 419 1 SYD
03/11/18 7:50 PM DXB
03/12/18 6:45 AM 388
Daily
NA / NA F4 A3 J7 C7 I7 O7 P0 Y0 E0 R0 W0 M0 B0 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0


EK 157 0 DXB
03/12/18 8:10 AM ARN
03/12/18 11:55 AM 77W
Daily
63% / 28m F4 A3 J7 C7 I7 O7 P0 Y0 E0 R0 W0 M0 B0 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 4:13 am
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EK036 17/03 & EK376 18/03 - Load Request

Hi Guys,

I am flying to following two sectors:

EK036 - NCL-DXB - 17/03
EK376 - DXB-BKK - 18/03

Does anyone have detailed access to the loads....?

Have been offered a cash or miles upgrade on the latter however wanted to see the loads to see if worth holding out for an op-up (Silver, Economy Flex)

Have been upgraded on 3 sectors (check in and gate) on same route in past 12 months.

Thanks
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 4:17 am
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Originally Posted by KillaPowa
Hi Guys,

I am flying to following two sectors:

EK036 - NCL-DXB - 17/03
EK376 - DXB-BKK - 18/03

Does anyone have detailed access to the loads....?

Have been offered a cash or miles upgrade on the latter however wanted to see the loads to see if worth holding out for an op-up (Silver, Economy Flex)

Have been upgraded on 3 sectors (check in and gate) on same route in past 12 months.

Thanks

EK36 0NCL
17/03/18 13:00DXB
18/03/18 0:1577W
Daily
77% / 29mJ4 C0 I0 O0 P0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U0K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

EK 376 0DXB
18/03/18 3:30BKK
18/03/18 12:35388
Daily
61% / 18mF4 A4 J4 C0 I0 O0 P7 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9B9 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

The P7 on EK 376 is where (as far as I understand) the email upgrade offers come from...
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 4:21 am
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Originally Posted by thijsseh
EK36 0NCL
17/03/18 13:00DXB
18/03/18 0:1577W
Daily
77% / 29mJ4 C0 I0 O0 P0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U0K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

EK 376 0DXB
18/03/18 3:30BKK
18/03/18 12:35388
Daily
61% / 18mF4 A4 J4 C0 I0 O0 P7 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9B9 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

The P7 on EK 376 is where (as far as I understand) the email upgrade offers come from...

Hey Killa,

leading on to my comments on your other thread, and thanks to thijsseh for providing the loads, you can see that it appears they're only selling Flex on this route now, but quite a few still with M9 B9. Whether it's oversold and if so by how much, and in that case where a Silver on a Flex would rank is anyone's guess.

Op-up sequence is:

- All Plats, ordered by fare type
- Flex Plus, ordered by status, Gold to none
- Flex, ordered by status
- Saver, ordered by status

We don't know if they exclude certain fares like Specials, and whether they order within status by fare bucket, or first by fare bucket then by status.
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 6:46 am
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Hi all,

Im wondering if anyone is able to let me know if there is any miles award availability in First on EK09 tomorrow 16.3.18. Saver ticket purchased on J
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by Alfie007
Hi all,

I’m wondering if anyone is able to let me know if there is any miles award availability in First on EK09 tomorrow 16.3.18. Saver ticket purchased on J
Please see the Wiki and provide the origin and destination airport for the flight. Also if you search for an F Saver Award on the EK website (i.e. outright redemption for an F award) that is the same availability as J>F upgrade I believe
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 6:54 am
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Apologies
DXB to LGW
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 6:59 am
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Originally Posted by Alfie007
Apologies
DXB to LGW
No, unfortunately no Z bucket availability on any DXB/LGW flight tomorrow.
Maybe try at checkin or on board based on availability. The latter assuming you are silver or above.
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 6:59 am
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Originally Posted by Alfie007
Apologies
DXB to LGW
No F Upgrade available, that being said, you've got a booking, can't you just check on the Emirates app or MMB if you go to the Upgrade Flights section of your booking? No need for a load check on EF. There are 3 unassigned seats in F on EK9 tomorrow
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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 7:02 am
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Seems like skywardhunter and I are both having a slow day......
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