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
Mar 19, 2018 | 3:43 pm
#452
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dubai , UAE and Leeds, UK
Programs: Etihad Guest Platinum, BA Bronze, And EK silver
Posts: 161
Hi Guys
Sorry to bother you but Id like to check the loads on EK18 on 30th of March and EK17 on 8th of April? Im booked on Business saver and would tp upgrade to F using miles? Been trying for over 3 months with no success!
Cheers
Sorry to bother you but Id like to check the loads on EK18 on 30th of March and EK17 on 8th of April? Im booked on Business saver and would tp upgrade to F using miles? Been trying for over 3 months with no success!
Cheers
Mar 19, 2018 | 4:10 pm
#453
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
those dates are still a little too far out, the data will be meaningless as it can change a lot every few hours. More importantly it won't give you much of an indication with regards to upgrade availability now or in the future, there's no known correlation between current availability and future upgrade availability.
Please see the thread wiki for further details on load requests.
Mar 23, 2018 | 5:42 am
#454
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,933
on 17 Y is well over and F is wide open - flight will go full -more chance of snagging seats on this one Id say but EK may make you wait until the gate to process the upgrade (in my recent experience) so you may miss out on the 4 lounge or you may be lucky and they at open up - keep checking on the app.
Mar 28, 2018 | 7:14 am
#455
Join Date: Jun 2017
Programs: Skywards
Posts: 8
Hi all,
wondering if someone could possibly check the load of my flight this evening EK764 JNB-DXB
Im booked on a Y Flex & gold. looking to either upgrade with miles or hopefully grab an op up.
Thanks in advance.
wondering if someone could possibly check the load of my flight this evening EK764 JNB-DXB
Im booked on a Y Flex & gold. looking to either upgrade with miles or hopefully grab an op up.
Thanks in advance.
Mar 28, 2018 | 7:18 am
#456
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
Everything 0 except F2. But SA routes are hard for op-ups, and doesn't look like any J space available. Nice username
Mar 28, 2018 | 9:37 am
#457
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,849
EK 7640JNB
28/03/18 19:10DXB
29/03/18 5:25388
Daily
88% / 31mF1 A0 J0 C0 I0 O0 P0 Y2 E2 R2 W2 M2
B2 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0
And the seat map is completely full, no empty or blocked seats in any class. Unlikely to get anywhere near upstairs I am afraid.
Mar 28, 2018 | 1:05 pm
#459
Moderator: Emirates Skywards and Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: 12R/30L
Programs: EK Gold|EY Gold|Bonvoy Ambassador| IHG Plat|HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,853
Mar 28, 2018 | 1:14 pm
#460
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Cape Town
Programs: BA Exec Gold , Qatar Priviledge Club Plat
Posts: 1,581
Mar 28, 2018 | 1:35 pm
#462
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,849
Mar 28, 2018 | 3:41 pm
#463
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Manchester, UK
Programs: Emirates Skywards (Gold), Hilton (Diamond), Radisson (Gold)
Posts: 376
Thanks [MENTION=94975]thijsseh[/MENTION]
My interpretation of that is there is loads of space on the flight out, but the way back is full in Y with space in J, leaving a not unreasonable chance of Y->J op-up for a single pax gold.
Is that correct?
My interpretation of that is there is loads of space on the flight out, but the way back is full in Y with space in J, leaving a not unreasonable chance of Y->J op-up for a single pax gold.
Is that correct?
Mar 28, 2018 | 3:59 pm
#464
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,791
There will probably be op-ups, but not necessarily, and if there are you may not make the cut, but you might. It depends on your fare type (e.g. Flex Plus, Flex) as well as your status, and with plats and higher fare types ahead of you if only 4 or 5 get upgraded you might not make it, but one never knows.