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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 7:47 am
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Does a B or higher fare on hold affect inventory

Does a B or higher fare (YR2, D, F) on hold on a international flight affect the flight inventory?
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 7:52 am
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Does a B or higher fare (YR2, D, F) on hold on a international flight affect the flight inventory?
Yes, although a carrier might discount the probability of your being a no show at a different rate than they would for a non-refundable fare.

A few times I've been in a party of two and there was only one seat left to sell. We bought one, which reduced the inventory to zero, and had to waitlist the second.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 8:15 am
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Does a B or higher fare (YR2, D, F) on hold on a international flight affect the flight inventory?


Every held itin effects inventory. If I hold a seat in S, and it's S1, it will be S0 unless I release the hold. Same for B, Y, C, F, etc.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 11:35 am
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Every held itin effects inventory. If I hold a seat in S, and it's S1, it will be S0 unless I release the hold. Same for B, Y, C, F, etc.
I am flying tomorrow and i'm trying to fly out of ORD instead of SEA to NRT and F0 and C0. I have C to F upgrade on SEA to NRT but due to a change of plans I'm trying to fly through ORD. I talked to UGS and they told me that it is sold out in F and C. I can switch over to ORD to a C but with no guarantee of F upgrade. He did say that this could be affected by the held itin. I'm not sure if I should take the chance.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 11:37 am
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Every held itin effects inventory. If I hold a seat in S, and it's S1, it will be S0 unless I release the hold. Same for B, Y, C, F, etc.
If you release though, it doesn't necessarily go back to S1 though.
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