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Nov 29, 2018, 11:34 am
#1846
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Simple question, I'm sure it's been answered somewhere in the last 123 pages of posts!
I just made the elite level in American that allows unlimited free upgrades. In booking flights, I would like to make an estimate of the likelihood of getting upgraded. I fly almost exclusively between PHL and LAS, sometimes with a connection. Some of my flights are red-eyes.
Would EF be a useful tool? What I would expect to do is look at comparable flights and see how the available upgrade space tracks. I think C is the code for upgrade space. If I see that 72 hours before the flight it is C0 and it remains C0 until departure that's one thing; if it's C6 at 72 hours and still C3 at 24 hours, I'd think upgrade chances are good.
The most significant single question I'll be trying to ask is how upgrade chances vary on a nonstop red-eye LAS-PHL compared to an evening LAS-LAX connecting to a LAX-PHL redeye.
If so, what level of EF would I need?
I just made the elite level in American that allows unlimited free upgrades. In booking flights, I would like to make an estimate of the likelihood of getting upgraded. I fly almost exclusively between PHL and LAS, sometimes with a connection. Some of my flights are red-eyes.
Would EF be a useful tool? What I would expect to do is look at comparable flights and see how the available upgrade space tracks. I think C is the code for upgrade space. If I see that 72 hours before the flight it is C0 and it remains C0 until departure that's one thing; if it's C6 at 72 hours and still C3 at 24 hours, I'd think upgrade chances are good.
The most significant single question I'll be trying to ask is how upgrade chances vary on a nonstop red-eye LAS-PHL compared to an evening LAS-LAX connecting to a LAX-PHL redeye.
If so, what level of EF would I need?
Nov 29, 2018, 9:49 pm
#1848
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
Simple question, I'm sure it's been answered somewhere in the last 123 pages of posts!
I just made the elite level in American that allows unlimited free upgrades. In booking flights, I would like to make an estimate of the likelihood of getting upgraded. I fly almost exclusively between PHL and LAS, sometimes with a connection. Some of my flights are red-eyes.
Would EF be a useful tool? What I would expect to do is look at comparable flights and see how the available upgrade space tracks. I think C is the code for upgrade space. If I see that 72 hours before the flight it is C0 and it remains C0 until departure that's one thing; if it's C6 at 72 hours and still C3 at 24 hours, I'd think upgrade chances are good.
The most significant single question I'll be trying to ask is how upgrade chances vary on a nonstop red-eye LAS-PHL compared to an evening LAS-LAX connecting to a LAX-PHL redeye.
If so, what level of EF would I need?
I just made the elite level in American that allows unlimited free upgrades. In booking flights, I would like to make an estimate of the likelihood of getting upgraded. I fly almost exclusively between PHL and LAS, sometimes with a connection. Some of my flights are red-eyes.
Would EF be a useful tool? What I would expect to do is look at comparable flights and see how the available upgrade space tracks. I think C is the code for upgrade space. If I see that 72 hours before the flight it is C0 and it remains C0 until departure that's one thing; if it's C6 at 72 hours and still C3 at 24 hours, I'd think upgrade chances are good.
The most significant single question I'll be trying to ask is how upgrade chances vary on a nonstop red-eye LAS-PHL compared to an evening LAS-LAX connecting to a LAX-PHL redeye.
If so, what level of EF would I need?
Nov 29, 2018, 11:29 pm
#1849
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
What would be the best strategy for what I want to do? I can track flights based on the seat map, but I know that's inexact because there may tickets sold without seat assignments, and also seats blocked without a booking. (More common in Y that F, but very possible for FAM's.) Is that the best I can do?
Dec 10, 2018, 3:02 pm
#1851
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
The exception is if the class code of the alert is an Award/Upgrade class in which case there is no POS.
Dec 12, 2018, 1:37 am
#1852
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
AY availability screen
I noticed AY availability returns more accurate is if just specify time and HEL as a connecting city (Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0 style) rather than putting AY as a preferred airline (Y4 B4 H4 K0 M0 style).
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
Dec 12, 2018, 6:44 am
#1853
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
I noticed AY availability returns more accurate is if just specify time and HEL as a connecting city (Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0 style) rather than putting AY as a preferred airline (Y4 B4 H4 K0 M0 style).
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
We have the option to turn off direct connect searching all together for AY, but we'd need to research if that's a good idea first. Please email us directly with a specific example and why you think the direct connect availability isn't correct. Thanks.
Dec 12, 2018, 12:30 pm
#1854
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: KL PFL; BA Gold; A3 Silver; EY Silver; SU Silver
Posts: 2,488
I noticed AY availability returns more accurate is if just specify time and HEL as a connecting city (Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0 style) rather than putting AY as a preferred airline (Y4 B4 H4 K0 M0 style).
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
Could you please check if you can use another GDS to get AY direct display? Obviously current direct display is not the 'direct' one or comes from a wrong GDS.
In my example this would mean:
generic display (EF know which GDS it is) - Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0
direct display - Y4 B4 H3 K1 M0, ie the accuracy is preserved, just the presentation is less informative.
Dec 12, 2018, 12:50 pm
#1855
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
I stand corrected - the direct display only seems to limit the max availability by 4 seats per class, it does not impact the display accuracy though.
In my example this would mean:
generic display (EF know which GDS it is) - Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0
direct display - Y4 B4 H3 K1 M0, ie the accuracy is preserved, just the presentation is less informative.
In my example this would mean:
generic display (EF know which GDS it is) - Y9 B8 H3 K1 M0
direct display - Y4 B4 H3 K1 M0, ie the accuracy is preserved, just the presentation is less informative.
Dec 15, 2018, 12:47 pm
#1858
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 1
New to EF Premium. Is there a simple way to copy/duplicate a flight alert? I was able to create flight alerts given date/airline/flight#/Class code, etc, however could only apply a single Class Code. Trying to avoid having to manually enter all the details lots of times to create alerts for all lower cost fare classes. Read through help guides and searched forums, but didn't find anything on how to do this.
Dec 15, 2018, 4:41 pm
#1859
Left Expert Flyer 4/23
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,741
New to EF Premium. Is there a simple way to copy/duplicate a flight alert? I was able to create flight alerts given date/airline/flight#/Class code, etc, however could only apply a single Class Code. Trying to avoid having to manually enter all the details lots of times to create alerts for all lower cost fare classes. Read through help guides and searched forums, but didn't find anything on how to do this.
Dec 15, 2018, 6:20 pm
#1860
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NT Australia
Programs: QF WP
Posts: 4,160
Random question but new to expertlfyer...
i have a booking to johannesburg with qantas in July next year. QF gold at present
MMB shows me in seat 5J
expertflyer showing that seat as available...
(the rest of the seatmap seems to broadly match up with occupied, blocked etc)
what’s going on?!
EDIT: worked it out. Had put date in DDMMYY instead of MMDDYY (duh!)
i have a booking to johannesburg with qantas in July next year. QF gold at present
MMB shows me in seat 5J
expertflyer showing that seat as available...
(the rest of the seatmap seems to broadly match up with occupied, blocked etc)
what’s going on?!
EDIT: worked it out. Had put date in DDMMYY instead of MMDDYY (duh!)
Last edited by nancypants; Dec 15, 2018 at 6:27 pm
