Loads of Delta Flight - November 30 Night Time!

[Bigey]

Hey, can anyone get me the loads for any flight departing LAX-ATL-BUF or LAX-CVG-BUF?

It'll be November 30th and anything that arrives in buffalo the next day. So i think it would be a red-eye out of LAX and then an early morning departure out of ATL or CVG.

Thanks in advance!

[Doug Taylor]

Who works for Delta around here? *hint* *hint*

[MQAAord]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Who works for Delta around here? *hint* *hint*

Umm, I know!

Wait, no that's so-and-so......

How about.........

Damn, maybe.........no......

Ummmmm

[Doug Taylor]

Good luck with that!

Maybe Shuttle America...wait, no, would that be ASA? Nope, how about Comair? Nah, that's Chautauqua! Wait....no maybe west coast it might be Trans-States or Eagle?

Arooo?!

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Good luck with that!

Maybe Shuttle America...wait, no, would that be ASA? Nope, how about Comair? Nah, that's Chautauqua! Wait....no maybe west coast it might be Trans-States or Eagle?

Arooo?!

Haha but can anyone tell me the loads?

I'm planning on going standbye, but i dont want to waste my time if the flight is fully booked.

[Doug Taylor]

Isn't 11/30 a national aviation holiday?

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Isn't 11/30 a national aviation holiday?

What's this holiday you speak of?

Techincally, im taking a "holiday" as im ditching thursday and friday of that week to go to Toronto!

[BrknWing4]

Expedia.com has an option where it allows you to view seat availability on the flight(s) you have selected for the date and times you're interested in. I'm flying standby out of LEX to DCA in the morning and I'm using this feature to determine whether or not I will be able to fly out at a given time on a given flight. Hope this helps.

[Doug Taylor]

Doesn't work reliably, trust me.

It only shows 'confirmed seat' assignments. Whereas they may have 100 seats available. 70 might be confirmed seat assignements and another 25 may be sold, but not confirmed seat assignments which may lead you to believe that there are 5 seats available. If you're a NRSA passenger you may be anywhere from #1 on the list up to #200 depending on the city pair you're traveling between.

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Doesn't work reliably, trust me.

Urgh..i was just about to that too.

Doug since i know you work for LOVELY DELTA, anyway you can check or something? Mang, HOOK A BROTHER UP, will ya?

[Doug Taylor]

Originally Posted by Bigey

Urgh..i was just about to that too.

Doug since i know you work for LOVELY DELTA, anyway you can check or something? Mang, HOOK A BROTHER UP, will ya?

See, you didn't catch the 'hint' and now all of my Delta contacts are going to be reluctant about giving out proprietary pax load data. Who did you get the buddy pass from?

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

See, you didn't catch the 'hint' and now all of my Delta contacts are going to be reluctant about giving out proprietary pax load data. Who did you get the buddy pass from?

No buddy pass. Got a priceline flight, but need to go earlier, so we want to go out night before on a red eye.

Sorry, i posted before you talked about the passengers and how it shows confirmed stuff etc.

[Doug Taylor]

Priceline? You fool! You're stuck with it!

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Priceline? You fool! You're stuck with it!

No.

Called delta, and apparently, they introduced this thing after they filed BK or something, 25 dollars change per ticket.

And i repeated it, even with priceline?

She kept on saying, as long as you're flying delta, yes.

So i took her name, and information just in case.

[Doug Taylor]

Sucka! Better read the 'terms and conditions' of buying from priceline. Unless I'm mistaken...

[Philip]

F-priceline.

Set up a corporate account with expedia, you can cancel within the first 24 hours for FIVE DOLLA!
After 24 hours it's 30 bucks.

[Doug Taylor]

And in the future, don't ever, EVER EVER EVER buy crap off of priceline.

Hotels. If you get a decent hotel, they'll treat you like you don't belong there once they see who you booked thru. Saw that in ATL and in PHX a few years ago.

Airlines. Once you book, you're stuck. Gotta beef? Gotta go thru priceline.

F William Shatner, priceline sucks.

All of that wonderful $25 dolla change stuff only generally applies, as far as i know, if you book directly with the airline. Despite what the voice over the telephone says.

[Philip]

SERIOUSLY. Hotels.com, priceline, they're all the same on hotels. My advice? Call the local FBO and make up some BS about how you're learjet NXXXX and will be in late and need X rooms for crew, they'll get you a good room at a good crew rate, just make sure they put it under your name the nicer the FBO, the better. I wouldn't DREAM of buying fuel at signature, but they sure can make awesome hotel reservations!

that's philips "cheap bastard" tip of the day

[Doug Taylor]

Hell, nonrevcentral.com uses the expedia engine and you get the same deals as expedia.com, hotels.com and cheaptickets/cheapflights.com and it rolls back into the jetcareers general fund.

[Philip]

no #####?

FFS, how many websites DO you have?
someone planning an early retirement? lol.
where is www.jetcareerersgettousedougiesbuddypassesondelta. com ?

[Doug Taylor]

Serious, yo.

On the other question, we probably own at least 50 various domains.

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

And in the future, don't ever, EVER EVER EVER buy crap off of priceline.

Hotels. If you get a decent hotel, they'll treat you like you don't belong there once they see who you booked thru. Saw that in ATL and in PHX a few years ago.

Airlines. Once you book, you're stuck. Gotta beef? Gotta go thru priceline.

F William Shatner, priceline sucks.

All of that wonderful $25 dolla change stuff only generally applies, as far as i know, if you book directly with the airline. Despite what the voice over the telephone says.

Okay just got off the phone.

Same day change or something within 3 hours of the flight that we plan; 25 dollars.

We gotta catch the 12:25 flight out of LAX then which is flight 560.

Can someone tell me the availability on flight 560 on November 30th?

The second segment (doesnt matter too much, many flights out of ATL to BUF) she wouldnt tell me the availability. She's like it's not looking the best. I was like well can you just tell me how many seats are open? She's like just kinda low. So im like okay, give me percentage of me getting on that flight, and she's like well not looking too good. So im like okay, tell me how many seats are on the airplane, and how many are booked. Then she realized only 40 seats, and she's like okay, half of them ar booked.

Im just hoping we can get on the flight out of LAX.

Doug if you can please look up or somehow find the availability, that would be awesome!

[tripleseven]

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

...F William Shatner, priceline sucks.

All of that wonderful $25 dolla change stuff only generally applies, as far as i know, if you book directly with the airline. Despite what the voice over the telephone says.

(In best Dr. McCoy voice) "Damn it Doug, he's an actor not a travel agent!"
Sorry i just had to do it! LOL

Anyway its true about Priceline, expedia, etc...Dont do it. Ive seen it first person as pax come up to the counter to checkin in for a flight only to find that either they have no reservation, or reservation sends pax half way around world to get to las vegas from california. True story, I checked in a pax going from SMX-LAX-SBA-SFO-LAS, and pax didnt know until I handed them a stack of boarding passes.

But ya...thoes internet travel websites are crap. They may get you a cheap ticket but the fares are SUPER restrictive. Sometimes you dont even know you have to sell your first born to even discuss changing the itinerary. J/K!
And Priceline is the worst of them all.

Back to your question, your best bet to check on loads is to go to the airport and ask a delta agent. Good luck!

[Kristie]

Originally Posted by Bigey

Okay just got off the phone.

Same day change or something within 3 hours of the flight that we plan; 25 dollars.

We gotta catch the 12:25 flight out of LAX then which is flight 560.

Can someone tell me the availability on flight 560 on November 30th?
...

Doug if you can please look up or somehow find the availability, that would be awesome!

I think you've already gotten your answer more than once Bigey... the answer, from doug, is obviously no and I agree with that answer.

If you have a buddy pass from someone, then you use that someone to help you figure out loads..but nobody just "gives out loads", no matter the cirumstance....you never know, we could lose priveledges for doing stuff like that and personally, i'm not willing to risk it...i'm pretty sure doug's the same way which is why he's repeatedly said no without actually saying the word no...sorry.

[Bigey]

Originally Posted by Kristie

I think you've already gotten your answer more than once Bigey... the answer, from doug, is obviously no and I agree with that answer.

If you have a buddy pass from someone, then you use that someone to help you figure out loads..but nobody just "gives out loads", no matter the cirumstance....you never know, we could lose priveledges for doing stuff like that and personally, i'm not willing to risk it...i'm pretty sure doug's the same way which is why he's repeatedly said no without actually saying the word no...sorry.

Sorry, i still wasnt catching what he was saying.

I didnt get a buddy pass as i said above, just priceline.

I just want to know what my odds are on getting DL560 that is.

Is it only you who cannot give out the loads or does that apply to all the airlines? I've been at the airport before, and walked up to a british airways flight, and asked what the availability is, and he just blatently told me, theres 32 seats left.

For me though, i kinda just like the blatent answer - "No cant tell you" or "Here's the answer" i dont catch always what they're really trying to say. Maybe im just tired?

Edit:
Does anyone know why my confirmation number with delta doesnt work? I am confirmed, but when i put it in, it says "cannot be found" or something?