Understanding United Flight Status Tool
Aug 28, 2018, 11:57 am
#1
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Understanding United Flight Status Tool
I and my partner, who is a premier 1k, booked an international flight for late November and applied GPU's to our itinerary. We are currently waitlisted (R bucket currently not available). When I use the flight status tool to check the upgrade standby list I see that 53 seats out of 60 available business seats have been booked:
United PolarisSM business: 60 Booked: 53 Checked In: 0
However, when I check the seat map, I see that 9 seats are available. If we are to go by the number of "Booked" seats for this flight, shouldn't there be only 7 seats available on the seat map (as opposed to 9 seats)? I'm trying to understand the difference between "Booked" seats vs actual number of available seats. Thanks.
United PolarisSM business: 60 Booked: 53 Checked In: 0
However, when I check the seat map, I see that 9 seats are available. If we are to go by the number of "Booked" seats for this flight, shouldn't there be only 7 seats available on the seat map (as opposed to 9 seats)? I'm trying to understand the difference between "Booked" seats vs actual number of available seats. Thanks.
Aug 28, 2018, 12:03 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: BA Bronze, United 1K, HH Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
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I and my partner, who is a premier 1k, booked an international flight for late November and applied GPU's to our itinerary. We are currently waitlisted (R bucket currently not available). When I use the flight status tool to check the upgrade standby list I see that 53 seats out of 60 available business seats have been booked:
United PolarisSM business: 60 Booked: 53 Checked In: 0
However, when I check the seat map, I see that 9 seats are available. If we are to go by the number of "Booked" seats for this flight, shouldn't there be only 7 seats available on the seat map (as opposed to 9 seats)? I'm trying to understand the difference between "Booked" seats vs actual number of available seats. Thanks.
United PolarisSM business: 60 Booked: 53 Checked In: 0
However, when I check the seat map, I see that 9 seats are available. If we are to go by the number of "Booked" seats for this flight, shouldn't there be only 7 seats available on the seat map (as opposed to 9 seats)? I'm trying to understand the difference between "Booked" seats vs actual number of available seats. Thanks.
But the flight status number is the real number sold at this time. Sometimes that number will go down if passengers decide not to fly because they have a meeting they need to go somewhere else or a sickness in the family.
Aug 28, 2018, 12:05 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 65
Thank you for the prompt response @StuckinITH; that makes sense.