How to block F-/C- class seats instead of Y-class seats?

[qunow]

I am now flying 77L on a long thin route which the return trip is capacity constrained due to airport runway length. Most of my Y-class seats are blocked because of that but that route have little C-/F- class demand and most demand are Y-class. That made my flight full in Y-class but empty in C-/F- class. How can we make it to block F-/C- class instead of Y- class?

[schro]

Reconfigure the plane to have fewer of those seats.

[Cardinal]

Frustratingly, the game only blocks Y seats, both automatically (runway/range limits) and manually (oversupply).

[qunow]

Reconfigure the plane to have fewer of those seats.

But those planes are flying other routes with high F/C demand.

[schro]

Frustratingly, the game only blocks Y seats, both automatically (runway/range limits) and manually (oversupply).

It's by design though. In the past, you had zero predictability over what seats would get blocked, and the pragmatic approach by the change to this behavior indicated that the highest potential revenue seats should always be available.

But those planes are flying other routes with high F/C demand.

So reconfigure your routes to put routes with comparable Y/C/F demand ratios onto the same planes, then adjust those planes seating configurations ;-).

[JumboShrimp]

To solve the issue, there are 3 approaches ranked from the most desirable to less:

1. Eliminate oversupply warning on single flights (so that we don't have to block any seats)
2. Y passengers would automatically get upgraded to C/F when those seats are available (and empty)
3. Let us specify which seats to block.

This is a an issue, since when a player is using standard seating for all aircraft on one kind, let's say Y:150 C:10 and the route has 60 pax demand, I would block the seats to 100 (meaning 90 Y seats would be left).  On Fridays, the demand would be hitting that 90 pax sooner or later, and I would be turning pax away, even though I am flying a gigantic aircraft on the route and I have 10 empty C seats...

[gazzz0x2z]

1. Eliminate oversupply warning on single flights (so that we don't have to block any seats)
2. Y passengers would automatically get upgraded to C/F when those seats are available (and empty)
3. Let us specify which seats to block.

Well, I'd love points 1 AND 2. Both would be very useful.

[qunow]

So reconfigure your routes to put routes with comparable Y/C/F demand ratios onto the same planes, then adjust those planes seating configurations ;-).

...Exccept all other routes I fly to from that base airport are all high in F/C- demand...

[bdnascar3]

1. Eliminate oversupply warning on single flights (so that we don't have to block any seats)
2. Y passengers would automatically get upgraded to C/F when those seats are available (and empty)
3. Let us specify which seats to block.

I think 1 solves other issues so we shouldn't be allowed to over supply.

I agree with 2 & 3, and would add a 4th - Set as a percentage of that days demand..ie 150% setting would allow say 75 seats on a 50 demand day, but 120 on Friday when the demand is 80

[Cardinal]

Set as a percentage of that days demand..ie 150% setting would allow say 75 seats on a 50 demand day, but 120 on Friday when the demand is 80

If you use 7-day scheduling, you can edit the blocking for each day. Even if you don't normally use 7-day scheduling, if you have one problem route you can split out the daily schedule for just that route and then adjust the blocking accordingly. Until we have a way to sell C/F upgrades to Y pax, this is how I handle blocking seats with large differences between Friday and Saturday.