is there a way to get access to a number of empty seats at different airlines? how do I get this data?   Edit: my question is if the OTA's have this access? do they know at every moment how many tickets are left in each class? do they get this data from the GDS?  if not - how can I get (as an OTA) this access?
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Is it possible to know how many seats on a particular flight have been booked? If not, is it possible to know in which months of a year the flights usually are not  fully booked?
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Some time ago I heard someone telling about travelling in cargo planes. Apparently some of those planes have a limited amount of extra seats and companies would sell them for an extra profit.  Does anyone have any information about this? Is that still possible?
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As of quite awhile back you're not able to meet people at the gate of the arriving flight. However, I've come across certain sites like , which offers a concierge service that supposedly allows an agent of the company to meet the client at the gate or even on the tarmac and help them through the Immigration and Customs this one specifically in JFK but they offer similar service in other major New York Area airports.  VIP TARMAC Additionally, we have tarmac service available that would allow a passenger to de-board the plane directly onto the tarmac where their luggage will be loaded into a private car, taken to a private immigration area, and then dropped with a Churchill Executive Cars driver outside the terminal to take them to their final destination. VIP ARRIVALS On arrivals, we will have a Churchill Executive Cars Agent meet the passengers at the gate when they de-board the airplane. The agent will have a sign with the passenger's name and Churchill logo and have a baggage porter ready to carry their carry-on bags. The agent will then whisk them through fast-track immigration and customs, and pass the passengers along to the Churchill Executive Cars driver to be taken to their final destination.  Now if this is true there is a way for someone to have clearance to go airside to meet a person but I was unable to find any references on how such a clearance can be attained. So is this real?  And can this be done by an Average Joe?
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I recently came across a quite interesting problem:  "One hundred passengers are lined up to board a full flight. The first passenger lost his boarding pass and decides to choose a seat randomly. Each subsequent passenger (responsible enough to not lose their boarding pass) will sit in his or her assigned seat if it is free and, otherwise, randomly choose a seat from those remaining. What is the probability that the last passenger will get to sit in his assigned seat?"  I figured out that the probability would be 0.5. If you would like to know why I would link you to another topic on this site where this problem was discussed.    However, I kept thinking about what the probability would be if there were multiple people who lost their boarding pass. So for example, the first 5 people out of the 100 passengers lost their boarding pass so they take a random seat. Every person that boards the plane after him will either take their "proper" seat, or if that seat is taken, a random seat instead. Then what is the probability that the last passenger will get to sit in his assigned seat? I have trouble figuring it out and I hope that some of you could help me.  Thanks in advance!
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I have never personally had to reconfirm the ticket, but have read that in some case you can lose a place on a flight, even if you paid for it!  Where does the idea of ticket reconfirmation comes from? How to find out that you are required to reconfirm the ticket? Does it only applies to agencies of also to bookings made via website? Can an agent reconfirm your ticket already at the time of purchase?
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The following might sound like a silly question, but I'm totally confused. I haven't flown with Ryanair in at least a year and apparently the luggage policy has changed since then. Previously it was allowed to carry two cabin bags (a small one and a medium one) and any other extra stuff was supposed to be checked-in and later held on by Ryanair.  I might be also wrong but it seems to me that the web portal is changed a bit as well.   I've booked a flight and if I've understood correctly I'm still allowed two bags, but one of them will be held on for free. I realized however that I need a third bag, but am I then supposed to purchase the "check-in bag" or is this only to allow me to carry the second bag in the cabin with me?  Ryanair staff (via chat) told me I need to buy an "extra seat", which doesn't make any sense to me unless they meant something else they did not explain.  Summary of the question:  I need to carry a third bag (not in the cabin with me... just extra stuff that doesn't fit in my luggage). Should I purchase the "check-in" bag?
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I want to fly from A to B and have found a connection that is considerably cheaper (or otherwise more convenient) if I first fly from A to C and then from C to B on separate bookings (i.e. purchasing a ticket A to C and then another, different ticket C to B).   Can I do this? What do I need to be aware of?
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Some companies allow you to check-in online prior to the flight, assigning you the seats.  Is it still somehow possible to be involuntarily bounced, despite having already checked in and already having an assigned seat?  This assuming you don't arrive late.
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I'm looking into using AA rewards miles toward a family flight next summer.  I've looked at the AA award chart and the MileSAAver Economy tickets sound appealing because of the low cost in miles, but I still have some questions.  We would need four seats as close together as possible--would that be hard to do using MileSAAver Economy tickets?  Are multiple tickets usually spread around the plane or put on multiple flights?  The chart mentioned that SAAver Economy tickets were a good option "if your plans are flexible"--does that mean that a booked flight could be changed?  Overall, I'm trying to get a better sense of how the MileSAAver Economy miles work and if there are any caveats I should know about.  I really appreciate your help!
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I am trying to find a neat, tabular, or clear depiction of how much time and money you'll need to travel to London from one of its six airports (that is Gatwick, Luton, City, Heathrow, Southend, Stansted).  I need this for comparing total prices among flights to London.   There are similar questions on this site, but they only partially answer this question.
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I'm a software developer and I need multiple different mobile devices for testing and debugging purposes. I also work on-the-go sometimes, so this is important. Furthermore, not everything can be tested on an emulator, so actual hardware devices are needed in certain cases.  So, is there any limit on how many phones one can carry on an airplane in their cabin baggage? Will I successfully go through security and customs with, say, five phones, a tablet, and a laptop? They're all different and not new. Does that depend on my origin and/or destination airport/country? Will I be required to prove somehow that I actually need these, and if yes, how?
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When checking-in for a flight online, you are usually asked for details such as date of birth, passport number, passport expiration dates, etc. However despite making minor mistakes a few times (usually in the expiration date field), I was never once questioned by the airline. I also don't remember them checking anything except my name or my visa status.  So the questions are:   Is passenger information (as entered during online check-in) other than name and visa ever validated by airlines? Is that information ever validated by immigration? Will you be denied boarding because you've made a mistake during online check-in?   The question is restricted to UK and USA flights because both are generally strict about requiring APIS data for all inbound flights.
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Having experienced a few flight delays on my own, I'd like to know if there is some source of precise information about the delay (including up-to-date estimations of the delay and causes). So far it seems to me the only people who can actually inform about it is the air company staff, at the airport, and via oral announcements only.  I'd expect this information to be some sort of obligation, since compensations are related to the cause of the delay (if it's weather, it's OK for the company, otherwise the passengers have more rights, and so on), but I could not find a reliable source for this. At best, websites such as  indicate the estimated delay length, but never the cause (or probable cause).  Is this information available anywhere? I tried the airport's website and the flight company's website as well, but I couldn't find anything.  I see plenty of reasons why the company would not like to disclose this information, but I would expect some organism to enforce it.    Besides, the fact that they currently inform the passengers only via oral announcements seems quite inefficient and prone to generate stress among the passengers (and extra work to ground staff, which is forced to repeat again and again the same information...).
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My best friend and I will fly from Basel (BSL) to London Gatwick (LGW) in October. We booked our flight tickets separately and neither of us reserved a seat. As I understand, the system will assign us a seat at check-in (which we will do online simultaneously).  How are the chances that we will be assigned conjoined seats if we check in at the very same moment?  Would it be possible to change seats after bording (as in asking a seat neighbour to switch seats) or is that prohibited?
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As I said in another question, I'm bringing my parents to visit me here in Sweden next year.  My mother is around 280-300 pounds and 5'6" (130-135kg, 1.67m). I am concerned that she might be asked at the airport to buy a second seat. If it's likely I would rather just buy the second seat in advance, because I don't want her to be embarassed/humiliated by some random employee. As well, I won't be there, they will be travelling alone and aren't used to dealing with airports and they won't know what their rights are.  In terms of how it will affect other passengers, it's not important, she will get a window seat and my dad will sit in the middle seat, so I don't see it affecting anybody.   She insists it's fine, "the last time I flew I fit easily!" but that was 20 years ago when she was half the size.   They will be flying BA or SAS, definitely not Ryanair.  So - where is the cutoff? Is a 300 pound 5'6" woman going to be too big to fit in a single airline seat? Or am I worrying about nothing?
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I'm flying this week on Southwest Airlines for the first time. I paid for "Early Bird" automatic checkin and the FAQ mentions something about "A" boarding passes. I have no idea what that means, and I know that Southwest doesn't have assigned seats.  How does the boarding process work and is there anything I should be aware of?
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Has anyone ever booked a flight with ?  I am just wondering where they get their prices and data from, and if I might find a cheaper flight by using something like Expedia or Travelocity.