diff --git a/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php b/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
index ab4945dd..729555b3 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
             $availability = $serviceAvailabilities[$service->id];
             $service->available = $availability->available;
 
-            // The live status is the only signal that a contingent has run out: BusPro moves a
-            // Leistung to 'Anfrage' without necessarily reporting frei="0". Only overwrite when the
-            // response actually carries one, so a response that omits the attribute does not wipe
-            // the value parsed from the XML export. Mirrors TravelSnapshotManager::applyExtendedToService().
+            // The live status is fresher than the nightly export's. The parser has already mapped it
+            // onto the export vocabulary. Only overwrite when the response actually carries one, so a
+            // response that omits the attribute does not wipe the value parsed from the XML export.
+            // Mirrors TravelSnapshotManager::applyExtendedToService().
             if (null !== $availability->status && '' !== trim($availability->status)) {
                 $service->status = $availability->status;
             }
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AbstractParser.php b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AbstractParser.php
index 56f52c41..ae0614e1 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AbstractParser.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AbstractParser.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\BusProNet\XmlParser;
 
+use App\BusProNet\Constants;
 use App\BusProNet\Traits\TypeConversionTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\DomCrawler\Crawler;
 
@@ -9,6 +10,19 @@ abstract class AbstractParser
 {
     use TypeConversionTrait;
 
+    /**
+     * Live availability wording for a Leistung, mapped onto the XML export's.
+     *
+     * The availability endpoints answer "buchbar" or "ausgebucht", while every availability rule
+     * compares against the export's "Frei" / "Anfrage" / "Buchungsstop". "ausgebucht" also covers
+     * a Leistung that would still take an inquiry (anfragemoeglich="J"); that is not offered
+     * either, so it maps to the booking stop.
+     */
+    private const LIVE_SERVICE_STATUS = [
+        'buchbar' => Constants::STATUS_AVAILABLE,
+        'ausgebucht' => Constants::STATUS_BLOCKED,
+    ];
+
     protected function getStringOrNullValue(Crawler $node): ?string
     {
         return 0 < $node->count() ? $node->text() : null;
@@ -87,4 +101,16 @@ abstract class AbstractParser
 
         return $value;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Translates a live Leistung status into the export vocabulary; anything else passes through.
+     */
+    protected function toServiceStatus(?string $liveStatus): ?string
+    {
+        if (null === $liveStatus) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return self::LIVE_SERVICE_STATUS[strtolower(trim($liveStatus))] ?? $liveStatus;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParser.php b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParser.php
index 55b4102d..83707812 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParser.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParser.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class AvailabilitiesParser extends AbstractParser
             ->each(function (Crawler $node) use (&$availabilities) {
                 $availability = new Availability();
                 $availability->serviceId = (int) $node->attr('id');
-                $availability->status = $node->attr('status');
+                $availability->status = $this->toServiceStatus($node->attr('status'));
                 $availability->available = (int) $node->attr('frei');
                 $availability->price = $this->stringToFloat($node->attr('preis'));
 
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser.php b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser.php
index 174b6839..573f2ba0 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser extends AbstractParser
 
                 $availability = new ExtendedAvailability();
                 $availability->serviceId = $serviceId;
-                $availability->status = $node->attr('status');
+                $availability->status = $this->toServiceStatus($node->attr('status'));
                 $availability->available = (int) $node->attr('frei');
                 $availability->price = $this->stringToFloat($node->attr('preis'));
                 $availability->dateFrom = $this->stringToDate($node->attr('termin'));
diff --git a/tests/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest.php b/tests/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest.php
index a7d17ea3..e691990e 100644
--- a/tests/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest.php
+++ b/tests/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest.php
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ use Symfony\Contracts\Cache\CacheInterface;
 /**
  * Tests that patchAvailabilities() carries the live service status, not just the contingent.
  *
- * When a Leistung's contingent runs out BusPro moves it to 'Anfrage' without necessarily
- * reporting frei="0", so the status is the only reliable signal. Dropping it meant every
- * availability rule read the status from the nightly XML export instead.
+ * Dropping the status meant every availability rule read it from the nightly XML export instead.
+ * The statuses here are already in export vocabulary; the parsers translate BusPro's live
+ * "buchbar" / "ausgebucht" (see AvailabilitiesParserTest).
  */
 class TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ class TravelLoaderAvailabilityTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->loader->patchAvailabilities(
             $travel,
-            $this->createResponse([$this->createAvailability(60, Constants::STATUS_ON_REQUEST, 3)])
+            $this->createResponse([$this->createAvailability(60, Constants::STATUS_BLOCKED, 3)])
         );
 
-        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_ON_REQUEST, $service->status);
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_BLOCKED, $service->status);
         $this->assertSame(3, $service->available);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParserTest.php b/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParserTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0af78486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/AvailabilitiesParserTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace App\Tests\BusProNet\XmlParser;
+
+use App\BusProNet\Constants;
+use App\BusProNet\XmlCrawlerFactory;
+use App\BusProNet\XmlParser\AvailabilitiesParser;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * The service lines are taken from recorded VERFUEGBARKEIT responses (travels 12855 and 12833).
+ */
+class AvailabilitiesParserTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private AvailabilitiesParser $parser;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->parser = new AvailabilitiesParser();
+    }
+
+    public function testMapsLiveServiceStatusOntoExportVocabulary(): void
+    {
+        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ergebnis>
+    <satz typ="VERFUEGBARKEIT"/>
+    <reise id="12855" status="frei" buchungstatusmoeglich="FOA"/>
+    <leistungen>
+        <leistung id="201200" bezeichnung="Begleitperson (gemäß Gruppenregelung)" art="SON" unterart="SON" status="buchbar" frei="3" preis="0,00" preisfaellig="Einmalig"/>
+        <leistung id="201590" bezeichnung="Begleitperson (gemäß Gruppenregelung)" art="SON" unterart="SON" status="ausgebucht" anfragemoeglich="J" frei="0" preis="0,00" preisfaellig="Einmalig"/>
+    </leistungen>
+</ergebnis>';
+
+        $services = $this->parser->parseServices(XmlCrawlerFactory::create($xml))->getServices();
+
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_AVAILABLE, $services[201200]->status);
+        $this->assertSame(3, $services[201200]->available);
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_BLOCKED, $services[201590]->status);
+        $this->assertSame(0, $services[201590]->available);
+    }
+
+    public function testPassesExportVocabularyAndUnknownStatusThrough(): void
+    {
+        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ergebnis>
+    <leistungen>
+        <leistung id="1" status="Anfrage" frei="2" preis="0,00"/>
+        <leistung id="2" status="unbekannt" frei="2" preis="0,00"/>
+        <leistung id="3" frei="2" preis="0,00"/>
+    </leistungen>
+</ergebnis>';
+
+        $services = $this->parser->parseServices(XmlCrawlerFactory::create($xml))->getServices();
+
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_ON_REQUEST, $services[1]->status);
+        $this->assertSame('unbekannt', $services[2]->status);
+        $this->assertNull($services[3]->status);
+    }
+
+    public function testLeavesTravelLevelStatusUntouched(): void
+    {
+        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ergebnis>
+    <reise id="12855" status="frei" buchungstatusmoeglich="FOA"/>
+    <leistungen/>
+</ergebnis>';
+
+        $response = $this->parser->parseServices(XmlCrawlerFactory::create($xml));
+
+        $this->assertSame('frei', $response->travelStatus);
+        $this->assertSame(['F', 'O', 'A'], $response->allowedBookingStatus);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParserTest.php b/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParserTest.php
index 68ada31b..59e89e02 100644
--- a/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/BusProNet/XmlParser/ExtendedAvailabilitiesParserTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace App\Tests\BusProNet\XmlParser;
 
+use App\BusProNet\Constants;
 use App\BusProNet\XmlCrawlerFactory;
 use App\BusProNet\XmlParser\ExtendedAvailabilitiesParser;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -48,6 +49,22 @@ class ExtendedAvailabilitiesParserTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertTrue($availability->mandatory);
     }
 
+    public function testMapsLiveServiceStatusOntoExportVocabulary(): void
+    {
+        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<ergebnis>
+    <leistungen>
+        <leistung id="103" status="buchbar" frei="3" preis="0,00" />
+        <leistung id="104" status="ausgebucht" anfragemoeglich="J" frei="0" preis="0,00" />
+    </leistungen>
+</ergebnis>';
+
+        $services = $this->parser->parseServices(XmlCrawlerFactory::create($xml))->getServices();
+
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_AVAILABLE, $services[103]->status);
+        $this->assertSame(Constants::STATUS_BLOCKED, $services[104]->status);
+    }
+
     public function testIgnoresEmptyAgeAndMandatoryAttributes(): void
     {
         $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>