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ExpertFlyer.com Help Desk Thread
Sep 5, 2022, 7:43 am
#2641
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Posts: 655
ExpertFlyer Voice, What is the current status on Qatar Airways upgrade availability searches? I saw in a previous post that there was some testing going on, but I am not sure what the current status is.
Sep 5, 2022, 9:23 am
#2642
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
ExpertFlyer Voice, What is the current status on Qatar Airways upgrade availability searches? I saw in a previous post that there was some testing going on, but I am not sure what the current status is.
Sep 5, 2022, 8:20 pm
#2644
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,115
Sep 6, 2022, 6:44 am
#2645
Join Date: Aug 2012
Programs: UA 1K/MM, EK Gold, CX Silver
Posts: 880
Seat map on Delta and on EF for the same flight are very different - can anyone explain why please?
9/12 DL234 JFK-TLV
From DL app
From DL app
From EF
9/12 DL234 JFK-TLV
From DL app
From DL app
From EF
Last edited by sabbasolo; Sep 6, 2022 at 6:48 am Reason: remove identifying info
Sep 6, 2022, 11:14 am
#2646
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
We just looked up that flight on EF and the seat maps don't look anything like the screen shots of the EF seat maps you posted, they match the DL ones. It would seem you were looking at the wrong date or flight on EF, please try again.
Sep 7, 2022, 2:05 pm
#2647
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: ZRH, Switzerland
Programs: M&M, Fan of MO, Shangri-La.
Posts: 687
Swiss seatmap differences.
similar to what Sabbasolo reported above, I see more available seats for Swiss (LX) on EF than directly on Swiss.com
For example, I see 8 free seats in Business on EF, but only 4 on Swiss.com.
This is not about blocked seats. - Those I can understand.
The seats which I book are correctly updated on EF, so it's not entirely out of sync, and I'm looking at the correct flights, but EF just shows seats as open which do not appear as bookable on Swiss.com.
Example: LX1050/12Sep ZRH-HAM.
EF shows seats 1F, 3ACD as available (plus many others)
Swiss.com shows those 4 seats as occupied.
similar to what Sabbasolo reported above, I see more available seats for Swiss (LX) on EF than directly on Swiss.com
For example, I see 8 free seats in Business on EF, but only 4 on Swiss.com.
This is not about blocked seats. - Those I can understand.
The seats which I book are correctly updated on EF, so it's not entirely out of sync, and I'm looking at the correct flights, but EF just shows seats as open which do not appear as bookable on Swiss.com.
Example: LX1050/12Sep ZRH-HAM.
EF shows seats 1F, 3ACD as available (plus many others)
Swiss.com shows those 4 seats as occupied.
Last edited by LoungeLizzard; Sep 7, 2022 at 2:16 pm
Sep 7, 2022, 3:41 pm
#2648
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Swiss seatmap differences.
similar to what Sabbasolo reported above, I see more available seats for Swiss (LX) on EF than directly on Swiss.com
For example, I see 8 free seats in Business on EF, but only 4 on Swiss.com.
This is not about blocked seats. - Those I can understand.
The seats which I book are correctly updated on EF, so it's not entirely out of sync, and I'm looking at the correct flights, but EF just shows seats as open which do not appear as bookable on Swiss.com.
Example: LX1050/12Sep ZRH-HAM.
EF shows seats 1F, 3ACD as available (plus many others)
Swiss.com shows those 4 seats as occupied.
similar to what Sabbasolo reported above, I see more available seats for Swiss (LX) on EF than directly on Swiss.com
For example, I see 8 free seats in Business on EF, but only 4 on Swiss.com.
This is not about blocked seats. - Those I can understand.
The seats which I book are correctly updated on EF, so it's not entirely out of sync, and I'm looking at the correct flights, but EF just shows seats as open which do not appear as bookable on Swiss.com.
Example: LX1050/12Sep ZRH-HAM.
EF shows seats 1F, 3ACD as available (plus many others)
Swiss.com shows those 4 seats as occupied.
The EF seat map for LX 1050/12 Sep is correct. Those seats are marked as available by LX. You may be blocked from reserving them because of their bassinet and suitability for minor attributes, but they are not occupied.
Here is the raw output from the GDS:
Sep 8, 2022, 11:29 am
#2649
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: ZRH, Switzerland
Programs: M&M, Fan of MO, Shangri-La.
Posts: 687
As noted Sabbasolo looked at the wrong EF seat map.
The EF seat map for LX 1050/12 Sep is correct. Those seats are marked as available by LX. You may be blocked from reserving them because of their bassinet and suitability for minor attributes, but they are not occupied.
The EF seat map for LX 1050/12 Sep is correct. Those seats are marked as available by LX. You may be blocked from reserving them because of their bassinet and suitability for minor attributes, but they are not occupied.
Another good value of EF to see more than what LX is willing to share, so I can at least call them if I like.
It looks like another masterpiece of LX/LH IT to block so many seats in Business.
Sep 11, 2022, 5:20 pm
#2651
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Sep 12, 2022, 4:32 pm
#2652
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Boston
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, JAL Sapphire
Posts: 38
Hi, new to ExperFlyer and am in trail version at the moment. Does the tool provide a way for me to get list of interested airlines, the tool will craw thru the airlines and tell me how many award mile points are needed for a given destination?
Say I have been flighting my favorite airlines like Delta, UA, Emirates, AA etc for a hot spot, I would normally go thru those sites to look for miles required on award flights. However I wouldn't have known if, for example Iberia (which is not my favorite airline), is offering lower mileage points.
Or even better - say I just want to burn the points and I have time, so date/destination is flexible - just show me the points .
Am I asking too much? :-)
Say I have been flighting my favorite airlines like Delta, UA, Emirates, AA etc for a hot spot, I would normally go thru those sites to look for miles required on award flights. However I wouldn't have known if, for example Iberia (which is not my favorite airline), is offering lower mileage points.
Or even better - say I just want to burn the points and I have time, so date/destination is flexible - just show me the points .
Am I asking too much? :-)
Sep 13, 2022, 6:10 pm
#2653
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Hi, new to ExperFlyer and am in trail version at the moment. Does the tool provide a way for me to get list of interested airlines, the tool will craw thru the airlines and tell me how many award mile points are needed for a given destination?
Say I have been flighting my favorite airlines like Delta, UA, Emirates, AA etc for a hot spot, I would normally go thru those sites to look for miles required on award flights. However I wouldn't have known if, for example Iberia (which is not my favorite airline), is offering lower mileage points.
Or even better - say I just want to burn the points and I have time, so date/destination is flexible - just show me the points .
Am I asking too much? :-)
Say I have been flighting my favorite airlines like Delta, UA, Emirates, AA etc for a hot spot, I would normally go thru those sites to look for miles required on award flights. However I wouldn't have known if, for example Iberia (which is not my favorite airline), is offering lower mileage points.
Or even better - say I just want to burn the points and I have time, so date/destination is flexible - just show me the points .
Am I asking too much? :-)
Sep 14, 2022, 8:14 am
#2654
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
Starting next month EWR is apparently no longer included in NYC. Why IATA would do that makes no sense to me. But it highlights a problem with EF as I cannot enter more than one airport into the origin/destination fields. I would very commonly just enter NYC to get all of JFK, LGA and EWR when searching for flights. Now I would like to provide a list, but EF doesn't accept a list.
Can that be fixed?
Thanks.
Can that be fixed?
Thanks.
Sep 14, 2022, 9:20 am
#2655
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Starting next month EWR is apparently no longer included in NYC. Why IATA would do that makes no sense to me. But it highlights a problem with EF as I cannot enter more than one airport into the origin/destination fields. I would very commonly just enter NYC to get all of JFK, LGA and EWR when searching for flights. Now I would like to provide a list, but EF doesn't accept a list.
Can that be fixed?
Thanks.
Can that be fixed?
Thanks.