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Dec 25, 2017, 3:25 am
#4
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 3,944
ASUDan130 please be very careful in drawing that conclusion if you are relying on seatmaps!
QR have a little quirk in that only blocked and actively selected seats are shown on the seatmap. Passengers who have not selected a seat themselves are not shown. This is thought to reflect on the seatmaps of sites such as Expertflyer. This is not a fault of those sites but merely they are not getting the complete information from QR.
This quirk is good for passengers choice but bad for those who wish to play with numbers!
QR have a little quirk in that only blocked and actively selected seats are shown on the seatmap. Passengers who have not selected a seat themselves are not shown. This is thought to reflect on the seatmaps of sites such as Expertflyer. This is not a fault of those sites but merely they are not getting the complete information from QR.
This quirk is good for passengers choice but bad for those who wish to play with numbers!
Dec 25, 2017, 4:17 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,267
That's not a quirk, it's how it works on all the airlines.
Seatmaps are never a reliable indicator of load on any airline, unless every seat is showing as occupied, which is then generally a good sign that the flight is full.
Seatmaps are never a reliable indicator of load on any airline, unless every seat is showing as occupied, which is then generally a good sign that the flight is full.
Dec 25, 2017, 4:23 am
#6
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Dec 25, 2017, 4:26 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Dec 25, 2017, 5:24 pm
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The key difference is that when there are only a dozen or so seats open before the flight, the others are marked as blocked, not occupied. No idea why QR does so much seat blocking.