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Galileo Ouput -- How to read?
Reading across the line:
1 CVG LGW 1900#0805 DL 36 J7 D7 I0 Y7 B7 M7 H7 Q7 K7 L7#763*C 1 = Line number - the actual Galileo display has several lines, each numbered CVG = Cincinnati (Departure point) LGW = London Gatwick (Arrival Point) DL36 = Flight number 1900 = Departure Time # = indicator to say arrives the day after it departs (overnight flight) 0805 = Arrival Time (NB all times re local to the city so that 1900 in Cincinnati, 0805 in Gatwick with a time change in between) DL = the marketing carrier for the flight (Delta) 36 = The flight number allocated by the marketing carrier Skip the letters and numbers for a moment # = there are actually more letters and numbers 763=aircraft type (Boeing 767-300) *C = the type of connection that Galileo has with this airline OK, the letters and numbers. The letter is the class code. Don't run away with the idea that there are that many different classes on the plane. There are probably 2 - business and coach. I don't know Delta codes intimately but my guess is J is business full fare, D is business restricted (e.g. stay Saturday night or book X days in advance or....) and I is Industry tickets. Similarly Y, B etc represent different fare types in economy class. The number represents the number of seats available to sell in one transaction. Depending on a number of factors including the communications links in use and the capability of the airline computer this number will generally vary between 2 and 9. In the case of Delta 7 means there are at least 7 seats available for sale in a single transaction. The total number of seats available may be way more than 7 or exactly seven. When the number is less than 7, right down to 1 and zero, it represents the actual number of seats available. And don't just add up all those 7s to work out how many seats are actually available. I was looking at a flight on a different airline today and it had 5s all the way across. The flight was for tomorrow and I'm willing to bet that there were actually 5 seats available for sale and if you took one from any of those class codes it would have reduced all the others to 4 as well. A few airlines use letters instead of numbers A=Available, C=Closed, L =Waitlist. In which case the line might read: 1 CVG LGW 1900#0805 DL 36 JA DA IC YA BA MA HA QA KA LA#763*C And note that I've been saying "available for sale" this is a reference to the black arts of yield control and overbooking (whereby the airline sells more seats than there are actually on the aircraft). -- ***** *****The "return to" address embedded in this mail is wrong as an antispam measure. Please address new mails or replies to edwarddotharrison1atbtinternetdotcom replacing dot with a . and at with an @***** ***** |
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Galileo Ouput -- How to read? Thanks for all the info
"Graham Harrison" wrote in message ...
Reading across the line: 1 CVG LGW 1900#0805 DL 36 J7 D7 I0 Y7 B7 M7 H7 Q7 K7 L7#763*C Thanks to all who replied, now I can make sense of this line. Appreciate you all taking the time to help me out. Sincerely, -Harsh |
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