Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Restplätze
English translation:
Seats left
German term
Restplätze
from a portal offering cheap flights and remaining seats.
Is "last minute" really appropriate, I have seen this on some sites but isn't it "remaining seats"?
Is there a standard translation? Thanks!
| 3 +5 | Seats left |
Donald Jacobson
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| 5 +7 | Seat (or seats) available |
H. C. Centner
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| 5 | available seats |
Tatijana Kostovska
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| 4 | Spare seats |
Adrian MM. (X)
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| 3 +1 | extra seats left |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 3 | Free places |
Arslon Matkarimov
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Nov 18, 2015 08:22: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"
Nov 18, 2015 16:27: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Kim Metzger, Cilian O'Tuama, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Neuropsychiatrist(MD) German(MA)
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Swedish to English
Seats left
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Note added at 25 mins (2015-11-18 07:17:49 GMT)
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How to Find Out How Many Seats Are Left on Any Flight | USA Today
USA Today › traveltips › ... › Flights
Mobile-friendly - Certain instances may require you to find out how many seats are available on a particular flight before you buy your ticket. If you need to travel on a certain airline, reach your destination by a certain time or have several passengers in the same party
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philgoddard
: You should get the points for this. All the answers after yours are synonyms.
9 hrs
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Thanks, Phil!
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Vere Barzilai
22 hrs
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Thank you, Vere!
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Björn Vrooman
: Agree with Phil's comment and see the discussion box, where I provided some additional references in support of your answer.
1 day 12 hrs
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Thanks, Björn!
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Michael Martin, MA
: Exactly. More natural sounding than others. Didn't even see it. Otherwise, wouldn't have posted mine.
1 day 13 hrs
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Thank you for your agree and kind comment!
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Lancashireman
: Includes seats on the right-hand side of the fuselage. This point may have escaped Albrecht and co.
1 day 15 hrs
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Thanks. I appreciate it!
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Uzbekistan
Good quality and on time
Native in: Uzbek 
, German
Works in: Russian to Uzbek, German to Russian, German to Uzbek, and 5 more.
Seat (or seats) available
Only one more seat available for your dream vacation.
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Steffen Walter
28 mins
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Thank you Steffen!
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Albrecht Degering
43 mins
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Thank you Albrecht!
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writeaway
: Don't really understand the problem.
1 hr
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Thank you.
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Julia Burgess
: or equally seats remaining
4 hrs
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Thank you Julia!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: ryanair write "seats remaining", as in "x seats remaining at this price"
6 hrs
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Thank you Cilian!
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Kristina Cosumano (X)
: Just want to add here that theater websites often just write "Restplätze", stand-alone and without a number, when there are only a few seats remaining for a performance.
7 hrs
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jccantrell
: In the US military, you can catch flights without written orders if they have 'Space A' for space available. Of course, if a general shows up, you can get bumped with NO compensation :(
16 hrs
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Thank you!
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Bev Newman
19 hrs
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Thank you!
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Spare seats
It's enough to make anyone go 'spare'.
What's a charter flight, and can they really challenge budget airlines ... There's often spare seats which they want to fill.
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
extra seats left
" If you need to find flights to Las Vegas on the same day, you can also buy a last minute ticket. If it is during a peak season, you will most likely have to go stand by. This means that if there are any extra seats left before take off, than you will be on your way to a business meeting."
http://www.flightslasvegas3.com/business-flights-to-Las-Vega...
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Lancashireman
: Possibly even more "natural sounding": extra spare seats left remaining and available
1 hr
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Great idea, Andrew. Why not post that as an extra entry?
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Vere Barzilai
: I'll sit on this, Lanciman!
16 hrs
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Let him have it. He seems more desperate.
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Germany
BA Degree, native English and German
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, German to Macedonian, Macedonian to German, and 3 more.
Discussion
"Reiseveranstalter wie Neckermann, TUI oder ITS kaufen bei Fluggesellschaften auf eigenes Risiko Plätze auf Flügen. Diese bündeln sie mit einem Hotelzimmer und ggf. dem Transfer vom Flughafen zum Hotel zu einer Pauschalreise und bieten sie zu einem Gesamtpreis an. Sollten sich diese Pauschalreisen nicht verkaufen lassen, gehen die Flüge separat in den Verkauf. Daher werden nicht verkaufte Flug-Restplätze der Veranstalter oft lastminute günstig angeboten, während Flüge bei den Fluggesellschaften selbst mit Näherrücken des Anflugdatums meist teurer werden."
http://www.exbir.de/veranstalterfluege
"Reiseveranstalter, die ein gewisses Flugkontingent bei einer Airline gekauft haben und nicht alle Sitzplätze auslasten können, bieten oftmals die Option von Restplätzen für einen Flug. Das heißt, sie bieten dem Fluggast kurz vor dem Abflugdatum die Möglichkeit, zu einem günstigeren Ticketpreis zu buchen. Dies ist insofern rentabel für den Reiseveranstalter, als dass er sonst für die leeren Plätze bezahlen muss."
https://flug.check24.de/lexikon/restplaetze-flug
"Restplätze" are not purchased from an airline.
Select 11/20-11/22
Type in New York to Honolulu.
You'll see "X left at XXX."
http://www.wanderingearl.com/air-travel-tricks-ive-recently-...
-> "one seat left for this price"
Airline booking sites will say "hurry, only 1 seat left at this price!" but they don't say "the flight is R7 W1, the R fare costs $2 more than the W fare, there is no hurry." How can they know? This stuff is complicated.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-the-prices-of-flight-tickets-ke...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travelbuzz/1335658-xx-seats-l...
-> XXX seats left at this price
So, I did as I usually do and went to the American website to book my flights. Under the flight I wanted, I noticed “1 Seat left,” so I naturally went through the booking process to ticket the reservation, considering the flights worked for me.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travelbuzz/1335658-xx-seats-l...
All sources I could dig up in relation to air travel (only looked for "1 seat," without adding a participle) said such portals say "seat left." So, I'm going to agree with Donald here. Other options can be equally valid, but I agree with Phil's comment.