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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 Jun 12, 2021 | 12:29 pm
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Old Jun 12, 2021 | 3:27 pm
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Could someone please let me know the load in F and J for EK216 (LAX-DXB) on July 20? Thank you!
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Old Jun 16, 2021 | 4:10 am
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Originally Posted by chongl
Could someone please let me know the load in F and J for EK216 (LAX-DXB) on July 20? Thank you!
Here you go:

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Old Jun 16, 2021 | 7:52 am
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Could someone please let me know the load in F and J for EK216 (LAX-DXB) on July 20? Thank you!
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Old Jun 16, 2021 | 9:15 am
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Old Jun 16, 2021 | 11:22 am
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Question on EK load: I check in roughly 12 hours from now. Overnight it seems like the seats were blocked - though expert flyer says occupied and done in a weird way. Is this normal or should I rush to buy a seat? Flight load was about 50% in economy as of yesterday. Or is this just preallocated seating? Fare class on Expert Flyer shows this: F4 A0 J7 C7 I0 O0 H0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 Q9 L9 T9 V9 X9
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Old Jun 17, 2021 | 1:26 am
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Originally Posted by iletired
Question on EK load: I check in roughly 12 hours from now. Overnight it seems like the seats were blocked - though expert flyer says occupied and done in a weird way. Is this normal or should I rush to buy a seat? Flight load was about 50% in economy as of yesterday. Or is this just preallocated seating? Fare class on Expert Flyer shows this: F4 A0 J7 C7 I0 O0 H0 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 B9 U9 K9 Q9 L9 T9 V9 X9
Whilst checking the loads can give you some idea, there are so many factors that can make reality very different to seeing Y9 etc.... I have had flights where I have got Op-ups on flights looking wide open and then not got Op-ups on flights that looked overbooked. If you are talking about having more space around you I'm not sure what help would buying a seat achieve?
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Old Jun 17, 2021 | 2:03 am
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Originally Posted by iletired
Question on EK load: I check in roughly 12 hours from now. Overnight it seems like the seats were blocked - though expert flyer says occupied and done in a weird way. Is this normal or should I rush to buy a seat?
This is normal as EK allocates seats at this time to all pax who haven't paid or chosen their seat free. You can still make your own choice when OLCI opens.
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Old Jul 26, 2021 | 5:04 am
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Can anyone share the load for EK255 on 30 JUL 21 ?

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Old Aug 9, 2021 | 3:16 pm
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Was checking loads and I came across this:

J7 C7 I7 O7 H6 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 BC UC KC QC LC TC VC XC

What does the 'C' mean after the fare code?
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Old Aug 9, 2021 | 9:08 pm
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Originally Posted by murtaza12
Was checking loads and I came across this:

J7 C7 I7 O7 H6 Y9 E9 R9 W9 M9 BC UC KC QC LC TC VC XC

What does the 'C' mean after the fare code?
I think some data feed error/information not available - EF isn't worth it for EK right now. I need to cancel mine.
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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 12:06 am
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I think some data feed error/information not available - EF isn't worth it for EK right now. I need to cancel mine.
Agree, cancelled mine a few months ago. Pity as it used to be a great tool!
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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 5:08 am
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Can someone check flight loads for Fly Dubai (FZ) DXB-KBP on 16/08/2021 please?
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Old Apr 12, 2022 | 5:46 pm
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Hi there,

Is someone able to check the loads for me for the following flight?

SYD to DXB
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Departing at 21:10

Thank you!
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Old Apr 12, 2022 | 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by tm84
hi there,

is someone able to check the loads for me for the following flight?

Syd to dxb
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saturday 16th april 2022
departing at 21:10

thank you!
f1 a0 j5 c5 i0 o0 h0 y9 r0 m0 b0 u0 k0 q0 l0 t0 v0 x0
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