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Mar 22, 2007 | 4:53 pm

UKtoUSA

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BA on seatcounter

I am trying to find out how many seats are left on my friend's flight from MAN-LHR-LAX, but when i enter the info into seatcounter, no BA flights show up ( i am putting ba in the box three times). She is leaving on the 1st april BA 1385 and BA0283, rtn on the 12th BA0287 and BA1394. Do BA flights just not come up or am i doing something wrong?

I did a dummy booking on ba.com and NO flights are available for the entire week she is back- i know its easter- could there be a few VDBs on offer?

any info greatly appreciated

Mar 22, 2007 | 5:34 pm

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BA used to shows up on seatcounter

Like you, I can't get it to do it, even when I split the routing, but I can make a dummy booking on the dates she wants to travel.

However, BA is arguing with some of the GDS companies. Not a lot of detail but http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...hlight=amadeus suggests that there are some changes happening which might affect access through seat counter.

Mar 22, 2007 | 9:28 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by UKtoUSA

She is leaving on the 1st april BA 1385 and BA0283, rtn on the 12th BA0287 and BA1394. Do BA flights just not come up or am i doing something wrong?

BA 1385 does not operate on week-ends:

[KVS Availability Tool 2.8.1/Platinum - Amadeus: Timetable]

Code:

MAN  Manchester Int'l UK [EGCC]
LON  London Metro UK = LHR LGW STN LTN LCY
THU  29 Mar 2007 - 05 Apr 2007

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Exceptions
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ---------------------------------------------- 
BA        1385   MAN  07:15     LHR  08:25     EQV  0    12345--     01:10       3       1

But here is availability with BA 1387 instead.

[KVS Availability Tool 2.8.1/Platinum - WSpan: ITN/US-TAP]

Code:

MAN  Manchester Int'l UK [EGCC]
LAX  Los Angeles Int'l CA US [KLAX]
SUN  01 Apr 2007

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- -------------------------------- 
BA        1387   MAN  08:15     LHR  09:25     757  0    J8 C8 D0 I0 Y0 B0 H0 K0 M0 R0 V0 N0 E0 L0 S0 Q0
 -> BA    283    LHR  11:55     LAX  14:55     744  0    F9 A8 J9 C9 D8 I2 Y1 B1 H0 K0 M0 R0 V0 N0 E0 L0 S0 Q0  0  0

BA 287 is LHR-SFO -- perhaps you meant BA 278?

[KVS Availability Tool 2.8.1/Platinum - WSpan: ITN/US-TAP]

Code:

LAX  Los Angeles Int'l CA US [KLAX]
MAN  Manchester Int'l UK [EGCC]
THU  12 Apr 2007

Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Availability
--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------- 
BA        278    LAX  15:35     LHR  09:45 +1  744  0    F4 A4 J9 C9 D9 I9 Y5 B5 H1 K0 M0 R0 V0 N0 E0 L0 S0 Q0  0  0
 -> BA    1394   LHR  12:50 +1  MAN  13:50 +1  757  0    J9 C9 D9 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K2 M0 R0 V0 N0 E0 L0 S0 Q0