Is there anyway of tracking empty seats on particulair flights? I am unable to get on a flight with my husband because I am using a travel voucher. I was told I could try going stand by. I just want to be able to see how many empty seats are available as the time comes near. I did try a search, and I thought this had been covered on the forum some where. Was unable to locate the info.

Thanks
Babs

Try using http://availability.publicbackup.com Assuming your are using this for YX, its fairly accurate. To read it, lots of 7's is good, lots of 0's not so good.

Link above is your easiest and fastest option. You can also check out seatmaps at midwestairlines.com for the flight(s) in question. Lastly, a call to reservations picked up by a helpful rep will give you a good idea of what your chances are.

thanks for the help- yes it is on yx...always wondered why it is callled YX?

Back when Midwest was formed and assigned their code, there were few two-letter combinations available to choose from. YX at least had an X in it, as the airline was called Midwest Express.

Numbers were being introduced as part of the code back then, but only in the first character such as 7R or 3A. They might have been able to get a code like 8M, but many new airlines in the US avoided those like the plague because they were perceived the domain of come-and-go upstart commuter airlines. So lots of new airlines got codes with letters not associated with the carrier or its name.

In subsequent years, codes were issued with a letter in the first position and a number in the second (like F9 for Fronitier) and the stigma faded to nothing. But airlines like Midwst (YX) and America West (HP) held on to their original code.

Wow knope, I never knew that. I never even thought about it actually. But thanks for the info.

Very interesting! Thanks for that bit of history! Obviously MW was taken (by midway correct?)...who has ME?

M1 would have been the best choice, if it were available...just my 2cents.

Any other little known history to share???