[coyote501]

I fly Syd - Lax on QF 11 this Sunday (6th May 07) and have been trying to look at the seat map on Expert Flyer to get a rough idea on how full the flight is etc

I have doing this quite regularly and it has worked perfectly up until about a week ago.

However when I now look at expert flyer I can only manage to bring up F class seat map. Instead I now get a 'requested information could not be retrieved' message for both J and Y seat maps?

Can anyone explain this for me?

[Evan]

Yes, I am led to beleive that airlines block the seat maps when a certian percentage of the seats are pre allocated. (or atleast BA & QF do)
And so you can no longer see the seat maps sometimes they re-open them within 24hrs of the flight.

If you just want to see what seats are on the aircraft and not worried who is in what you can use seatguru, seatexpert or use Expert Flyer and choose the same flight a week or 2 further out.

Evan

[maninblack]

Go to checkmytrip.com and enter your name and PNR. It will bring up the seatmap and availibility but will only show the cabin class you are booked in. Sometimes it doesn't come up but it is certainly not blocked by the airlines, it works 9 times out of 10.

[smithym]

Using this tool it is showing the following loads

F0 A0 J1 C0 D0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 R9 L9 V9 S0 N0 Q0 O0

Hope this helps. Not quite sure how accurate it is compared to EF.

M

[coyote501]

This is interesting... I wasn't aware QF blocked this information.

Whilst I am suprised they release this type of info in the first place I wonder what their reasons are for blocking this so close to a flight. Is to limit the number of requests/inquiries etc?

Whilst I appreciated the other web sites they really don't provide the same info as Expert Flyer. Really I am interested in seeing if there are any empty seats near me etc.

Thanks again for your responses.

[maninblack]

Originally Posted by coyote501

Whilst I appreciated the other web sites they really don't provide the same info as Expert Flyer. Really I am interested in seeing if there are any empty seats near me etc.

Thanks again for your responses.

Checkmytrip.com shows you exactly that.

[coyote501]

Originally Posted by maninblack

Checkmytrip.com shows you exactly that.

You might have to explain that one.... Can't seem to see anything resembling a seat map on my booking???

[Mal]

Originally Posted by coyote501

You might have to explain that one.... Can't seem to see anything resembling a seat map on my booking???

Do you see a " Seat(s)" section on your flight? (May need to expand that area by clicking on the + sign.

Assuming you can see the " Seat(s)" bit, you should be able to click on it to show you a seat map of the cabin you are in.

[coyote501]

Originally Posted by Mal

Do you see a " Seat(s)" section on your flight? (May need to expand that area by clicking on the + sign.

Assuming you can see the " Seat(s)" bit, you should be able to click on it to show you a seat map of the cabin you are in.

Under seats it only says no smoking.... I assume the seats haven't been allocated yet.

Obviously once allocated I should be able to see them

(reply edited for typo)

[Mal]

Originally Posted by coyote501

Under seats it only says no smoking.... I assume the seats haven't been allocated yet.

Obviously once allocated I should be able to see them

(reply edited for typo)

Yep, either that or the flight has no pre-allocated seating that gets passed to the Amadeus booking (ie, a Qantas domestic flight).

It should read something like:

Seat(s) 1A - Non Smoking