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 14, 2025 | 9:22 am
#1066
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Dec 14, 2025 | 12:34 pm
#1067
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Well, they are not selling F seats for cash thats what F0 means), so currently chances for miles upgrades are dim. But especially in F, things can change. And as they dont oversell F, you only need one cancellation to get an empty seat. But theyll hold on to it as long as they can. Try at the Skywards desk (underneath the escalator in B concourse) at T-60 minutes when the flight is closed or otherwise on board.
Jan 6, 2026 | 12:24 pm
#1069
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Expert Flyer has routes as input, not flight numbers. If you give me the route information (as per the rules for this thread), Ill look up availability for you.
Jan 6, 2026 | 7:42 pm
#1070
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EK005 DXB - LHR 16:05 - 24/1
Strange it looks like EK still selling special tickets but saver showing sold out in J
Last edited by GoonerWhitey; Jan 6, 2026 at 8:53 pm
Jan 7, 2026 | 12:36 am
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In my opinion its way too early to predict chances of miles upgrades, especially on that route which is J heavy. Interestingly J to F upgrades are available on that flight at the moment.
Jan 17, 2026 | 2:30 am
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386 0 DXB
21/03/26 8:45 AM TPE
21/03/26 8:40 PM 77L Daily
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Last edited by thijsseh; Jan 17, 2026 at 4:06 am
Jan 20, 2026 | 11:38 pm
#1074
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Miles upgrade appeared 80 hours out. Looks like 15 seats available on the map
That flight is J7C7I7O0 in business at the moment. EF sometimes does not show H bucket (Special) but if I do a dummy booking, Special is sold out.
In my opinion its way too early to predict chances of miles upgrades, especially on that route which is J heavy. Interestingly J to F upgrades are available on that flight at the moment.
In my opinion its way too early to predict chances of miles upgrades, especially on that route which is J heavy. Interestingly J to F upgrades are available on that flight at the moment.
Feb 9, 2026 | 11:52 pm
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