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Never rely on seatmaps. Some people will not book a seat assignment, and some seats are blocked and will appear as booked when they're actually unoccupied.
ColoAvs19 - NonRev Correspondent -Globe Trotting Consultant
But that's the point: is it still possible to do that? It seems not: the booking system seems to give you a random seat if you don't select one yourself....Originally Posted by ColoAvs19
That's true, although that's less of a problem then. Better think the flight is fuller than it really is, that the opposite.
Last edited by flyer146; 13-Feb-2011 at 03:55 AM.
For seat availability try using:
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Flight...vailability.do
You have to register and sign in but it is free...
Cheers.
Last edited by flassher; 13-Feb-2011 at 03:23 PM.
I just tried checking the accuracy of that site by plugging in identical DL flights on Delta.com and Travel-net. Flightstats.com was way off on some and on one major route did not even show an available direct flight that had lots of available seats. Sorry - Two big thumbs down on that site.
That surprises me....when you say it was way off is that because the loads you were looking at showed more seats available than Flight Stats showed??
Cheers
On one flight checked Flightstats showed 0 in bizz and 9 in coach. Actual were 0/12. But the killer was on checking another flight, Flightstats did not even show a direct flight with lots of seats available. It only listed several multi-connection route options. I checked also against the airline website seat maps which were closer than Flightstats. I'm a bit bummed because a tool like this would be fantastic. The big question is where is Flightstats getting their info.
Just did another Flightstats check. One flight shows 0/9 when actual is 0/21. Another two flights checked - Flightstats showed 2/9 open when actual is 2/62 and finally one showing 2/9 when actual available are 2/92! Those are huge discrepancies.
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