In the old days we used to just look this up on SABRE but how do you do this nowadays? I am flying to London, New York, more and I want to book economy about 3 weeks in advance off season. In comparing flights, how can I "see" which flights are routinely or specifically less crowded?
2007-05-19 05:36:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
You can't really. Now when you book you can maybe get an idea about how full it is...... but often seats, especially in economy can fill up at the last minute, especially in economy. Or people may have upgraded at the last minute so its all so variable.
A lot will depend on what time of day you fly. A family or many people are not going to want to take a really early flight or a late one. Plus you need to consider what time it will be locally when you reach your destination.
For example say you fly off the east coast to London. You can get flights that will place you there at 11:00 at night or 4:00 AM. These will be less crowded (and maybe cheaper) than the 7:00 PM flight that puts you in London about 7:30 local time. Its a convienient time to leave, you sleep on the plane and when you wake up it is morning local time. Your body does not notice the jet lag so this is a popular time to leave. Plus even if the flight is crowded the lights are dimmed and most people are either sleeping or watching TV. So you are not going to have to deal with kids, teenagers or people constantly getting up and down. Night flights rule wherever you go.
And whatever the case go for an aisle seat on either side of the plane. You can stretch ot a bit even if its crowded. And once you get into the air don't be shy about moving if you see an empty row. The flight attendants could really care less. Just politely ask the flight attendant or simply get up and move once things settle down. If you have someone or say a child that is seriously annoying, GOLDEN! A polite ask and you may get upgraded.
It would help to know where you are flying to.
2007-05-20 06:01:44 · answer #1 · answered by jackson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The more crowded flights will have more expensive tickets as there is more demand for the seats, but frankly speaking, every time I flew across the ocean, it was a full flight.
2007-05-19 05:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Alexander K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends which airline you are on... many airlines allow you to see what seats are available before you buy the tickets... try that on your airline's website...
2007-05-19 06:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by ALOPILOT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋