Originally Posted by
nonce
I dare say the aircraft has reached the pre-allocation limit for seating. ...
This limit is about ¼ of the cabin in Economy.
It is not enforced on those with Qantas status above Bronze.
I believe the cabin is very full as E/F returns no Economy seatmap and is showing:
R7 F0 A0 J9 C0 D0 I0 W0 T0 B9 H9 K9 M9 L0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 X0 E0