Checking whether the flight is full...

[lailah]

or not. Someone out there check last time for me whether my flight was full or not. Is that someone still out there? I'm flying out Delta on 12/13 at 8:40 a.m. on flight 379 out of Cleveland. When I go to look for the flight, it's not there. Can anyone help? The flight has a connection in Atlanta, arriving in MCO at 12:56 pm. If it's not available anymore, does that means it's full?? Thanks for your help.

 

[prncess674]

i can help you, but it really won't matter till a few days before your flight. Currently your flights look like this

CLE ATL 0840 1033 DL 921 73S*C Cabin class: F8 A8 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 K9 L9 U9 T9

MCO 1135 1256 DL 63 777*C Cabin class: J9 D9 I9 Y9 B9 M9 H9 Q9 K9 L9 U0 T0

Both flight are wide open.

 

[kda]

I see the flights clearly showing up for the times you mention, but the flight #'s are different. #921 leaves CLE and #63 leaves ATL.
Both show lots of seats.

 

[prncess674]

Originally posted by kda
I see the flights clearly showing up for the times you mention, but the flight #'s are different. #921 leaves CLE and #63 leaves ATL.
Both show lots of seats.

you cannot use seat maps as a guide to whether a flight is full or not. Many people book tickets and don't choose seats (I know this is hard to believe but it happens all the time). Also many seats (not just bulkhead and exit row) are held back for airport assignment.

You need to look at the load factors to determine how full a flight is. In the previous example Delta is still selling plenty of discounted seats so there is obviously still pretty empty at this point. Considering this flight is over 4 months away I would expect it to still be wide open.

 

[BobH]

If you are really nervous about this call the airline and give them your record locator number off your e-ticket or just give them your name, flight and dates of travel. They will quickly tell you if the flight number has changed an whether your reservation till shows up.