Checking passenger loads

Hello,
I was just wandering if there is a way of finding out what the passenger loads are like, in each class, BEFORE you book a ticket. I would like to know how full a particular plane is.
Many thanks
crizzy

[Decker]

Greetings Crizzay and welcome to V-Flyer.

http://www.expertflyer.com provides this information but it is a paid for service. With full membership of V-Flyer you get some free searches and a discount on membership. If you give us the dates/routes several members here are members at ExpertFlyer and will generally help out with one off lookups.

Thanks for the reply. The datails are as follows...
Flight VS007 LHR to LA (11.30 flight) on 25/10/2008
return
27/10/2008 VS008 LA to LHR (19.00 flight)

Thank you,

Also! someone on here made rererence to 'op ups' what does that mean??!

[mitchja]

Welcome to V-Flyer [:)]

VS007 25/10/08 11:30 AM LAX 25/10/08 2:50 PM 346
J7 D7 R5 Z4 W7 S5 K1 Y0 B0 L0 M0 Q0 X0 N0

Economy is sold out (all zero's from Y downwards), PE (W, S & K) and Upper (J, D, R, Z) wide open.

VS008 27/10/08 7:00 PM LHR 28/10/08 12:30 PM 346
J7 D7 R7 Z7 W7 S6 K1 Y7 B7 L7 M7 Q7 X7 N7

All cabins wide open coming come.

'op-up' or operational upgrade is where airlines upgrade pax due so over-sold cabins.

Regards

[Darren Wheeler]

Seat availability shows:

VS007 - J7 D7 R5 Z4 W7 S5 K1 Y0 B0 L0 M0 Q0 X0 N0

VS008 - J7 D7 R7 Z6 W7 S7 K6 Y7 B7 L7 M7 Q7 X7 N7

Op-up is the holy grail of flying. You get moved to the next class up. See here http://www.v-flyer.com/faq.asp#33

Thank you so much for the replies but I don't really understand them! What does J7 D7 R7 W7 etc mean.
Sorry for being a bit ignorant.

Thank you so much for the replies but I don't really understand them! What does J7 D7 R7 W7 etc mean.
Sorry for being a bit ignorant.

[Darren Wheeler]

Originally posted by Crizzy
Thank you so much for the replies but I don't really understand them! What does J7 D7 R7 W7 etc mean.
Sorry for being a bit ignorant.

They are the ticket class codes. They basically define which class you are in on-board (Eco, PE and Upper), what fare bucket ti came from and other things like your mileage earnings.

http://www.v-flyer.com/codes.asp

Darren you are a star,Thank you so much for your help.
However, are you able to tell me how many ( just a number,don't care which ones) seats are available in PE and Upper for both legs of the journey please. Thanks.And them I will leave you alone!!
Crizzy

[Darren Wheeler]

James covered that one, both PE and Upper are wide open both ways. Which fare code are you on?

D? Can you tell me exactly how many seats are available in each class. I guess wide open means loads? I haven't booked yet.

[Darren Wheeler]

Expertflyer only shows up to 7 seats per bucket.

[mitchja]

You are not able to see the exact numbers of seats sold. You can see seat maps with allocated seats but not everyone will select a seat at the time of booking.

You've also not got long to book as D fares come with a 7 day advance purchase rule so need to be booked at least 7 days in advance. After that only the full J fares will be available which will cost you another ~£1600 or so.

Regards

Thank you so much for your replies. Great stuff. [oo][^]