Thread: Seating website

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hamilton_SAS:
DNA,

That's a question I've been trying to find an answer to for a long time now...

If I find one I'll let you know! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>p.s I want to take my wife to Stockholm Dec 16th-20th for our birthdays (she studied in Lund) so any travel suggestions would be gr8ly appreciated


Tusand Tack
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DNA:
Thanks...


So is there any site, free or commercial (small, not HUGE charge) out there that allows us to see actual seats/bookings?

I have been told by an AA FA that she can see OAL seats at home, heard that CO and UAL can see their own (at home), and know that this is coming for HP. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I seriously doubt there is or will ever be. Most carriers would not allow that information be made public since yield management is generally a very guarded secret.

AA employees can see OA flight availability at home either through the company intranet or some form of Sabre software. In some cases they can also see seat availability but what they see cannot accurately guage is how full a flight actually is. They can't, for example, see how many seats the flight can actually accomodate vs. how many the airline has authorized for overbooking vs. how many have actually been booked. All employees see at home, or at work for that matter, is a contractually predetermined minimum number of seats available per inventory bucket. This number could be 4, 7 or 9, but that would only tell the viewer that there are at least 4 (7 or 9) seats available for sell in the given inventory (could actually be 4 or 44).

K...thanks!

Now I'm curious, what do Travel Agents see?

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by acz:
I seriously doubt there is or will ever be. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree with you acz.
Revenue management is confidential information. Certainly one airline does not want another airline to know their figures on any flights.