> Have you noticed how when you buy the ticket there's no mention of the plane you'll actually fly in Yes you can. The scheduled aircraft type and seat layout

> Have you noticed how when you buy the ticket there's no mention of the plane you'll actually fly in Yes you can. The scheduled aircraft type and seat layout is in the scheduling system and you can see it on any system I've used, up front before selecting the flight. (You wouldn't be able to pick your seat if it wasn't.) Go to Kayak for example, punch in one way PDX to PWM for May 1st, pick one of the non-spam flights that show up (i.e. a listing from a real airline). Click to expand the details and it'll list the flight number and airplane for each leg, it'll look something like: > American Airlines 658 · Narrow-body jet · Airbus A321-100/200 > American Airlines 6032 · Narrow-body jet · Embraer 175 > Delta 2974 · Narrow-body jet · Boeing 737-900 The same applies through the actual airline's booking system (and you're usually advised to book directly through the airline's website after finding your best flight option on a tool like Kayak). > and no guarantee that it won't be swapped 45 minutes before takeoff? This is true, but anecdotally it's happened to me only rarely due to a mechanical failures or some other reason.