Thread: Seats Avail vs. Authorized

Originally Posted by Funkywabit

NWA was horrible but Delta is now just as bad ... The numbers change often and always overnight ... I call this seat bingo .. I have seen 50 seats disappear with no cancelled flights or easy to explain reasons (of course that I know of ... im sure there is plenty that I dont) On the other hand, I have seen 10 seat appear out of nowhere. Thats why my motto is if you dont try, you dont fly!

The thing I miss about NWA is that the list numbers usually held up even as much as a week out. At DL, nonrevs are listing very last minute. I was listed on the Pisa flight last year and was #2 on the list 24 hours out. Then, with 6 hours left, I was now at 22.

That happened to me w/ the first SYD-LAX flight a few years ago. I thought I'd beat the crowd and get to SYD before hand and then ride the inaugural SYD-LAX. I flew ATL-ICN and was awaiting KE ICN-SYD when I decided to take another look at the SYD-LAX list.......I had gone from #3 w/ 15 seats to #20.

I ran back over to the DL gate and hopped right back on the airplane ICN-ATL.

Cargo--oh yeah!! Great point.
My issue was regarding how many MORE nonrevs we have now since DL took over NW and instituted several or their policies. Extended families added so many more NRs--put in the unmarried live-ins and same sex partners...limiting flights to some destinations [seasonally] makes people list very last minute. I hate that, too!!

8000Lbs on an FQA?? Sounds like a blown position limit. Better bump that pallet and throw some nonrevs on!

BTW, One time I carried 30K Lbs of smelly fish for 8 hours, dropped the pallets and quick turned, ferried the airplane for an hour into a teeny little outstation and bulk loaded the whole belly......the smelly fish belly.......not many happy rampers that day!