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
Dec 28, 2022, 4:51 am
#916
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,588
Are you sure this is true, only because DBX-STN operated the gamechanger I mean, doesn't that limit the opportunity (increase the demand) quite a bit? (I hope i'm wrong to assume so, but if so does anyone have any specific examples to encourage optimism for those who want to try their luck?)
Just looking at the next 3 days STN-DXB for example :-
29/12 - 2/6
30/12 - 4/6
31/12 - 0/6
So, pretty good chance of getting an upgrade on at least 2 of these.
Dec 31, 2022, 1:20 am
#918
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 426
F4 A4 J4 C4 I4 O0 H0 Y0 R0 M0 B0 U0 K0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0
So as it stands, 4/6 still available in F and 4/42 still available in J.
Mar 4, 2023, 10:53 am
#921
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat *G/DL Plat/Marriott Ti/WoH Glob
Posts: 141
Mar 4, 2023, 4:25 pm
#922
Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: LAX
Programs: Delta Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 3
Mar 6, 2023, 4:24 am
#926
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,265
Very unlikely for opup, but I would have thought reasonable chance of miles upgrade at check in. But of course 10 March is still a week away and a lot can change.
Will08's remark is quite valid, I think. Many people who ask for these 'load checks' (which they are not anyway), do not understand the meaning of the numbers.
All it says is how many seats the airline is willing to sell in the fare buckets concerned. And the significant thing is that Y9 means 'at least 9', it could be 200 as far as we know. '9' is the maximum number for economy fare buckets, and '7' for business and '4' for first (that's for EK and most other airlines but it can vary a bit).
Here ends the lesson.....
Will08's remark is quite valid, I think. Many people who ask for these 'load checks' (which they are not anyway), do not understand the meaning of the numbers.
All it says is how many seats the airline is willing to sell in the fare buckets concerned. And the significant thing is that Y9 means 'at least 9', it could be 200 as far as we know. '9' is the maximum number for economy fare buckets, and '7' for business and '4' for first (that's for EK and most other airlines but it can vary a bit).
Here ends the lesson.....
Mar 6, 2023, 7:47 am
#927
Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: LAX
Programs: Delta Silver, AA Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 3
I asked for the load check to see how many seats were still available in business. We are hoping to do a cash upgrade from Economy flex. After the getting the info provided, I looked up the codes to see what they mean. I’m new to the site and still learning the jargon.
Mar 6, 2023, 9:56 am
#928
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,265
May 8, 2023, 8:13 am
#929
Join Date: May 2023
Posts: 1
Flight Loads Request EK214 and EK404
Hello, could I please get flight loads for the following flights? I'm booked as standby, and want to check if I can make them.
- Date of flight (departure date) - 9th May 2023
- Flight Number - EK214
- Origin - MIA
- Destination - DXB
- Date of flight (departure date) - 10th May 2023
- Flight Number - EK404
- Origin - DXB
- Destination - SIN
- Date of flight (departure date) - 9th May 2023
- Flight Number - EK214
- Origin - MIA
- Destination - DXB
- Date of flight (departure date) - 10th May 2023
- Flight Number - EK404
- Origin - DXB
- Destination - SIN
Jul 19, 2023, 2:24 am
#930
Join Date: Sep 2019
Programs: Skywards Gold, AerClub Silver
Posts: 11
Hi there,
Could I get load checks on the following please?
13th August 2023
EK016
LGW - DXB
13th August 2023
EK366
DXB - TPE
22nd August 2023
EK367
TPE-DXB
23rd August 2023
EK161
DXB-DUB
Many thanks in advance.
Could I get load checks on the following please?
13th August 2023
EK016
LGW - DXB
13th August 2023
EK366
DXB - TPE
22nd August 2023
EK367
TPE-DXB
23rd August 2023
EK161
DXB-DUB
Many thanks in advance.
