Originally Posted by
yihwan
2) lots of flights are marked "sold out" but still show open seats. what gives?
i'd rather not book on another airline because it's either too expensive, or they are all connecting flights and id rather be stuck at home than in the middle of no where.
what should i do???
Having just gone thru this twice trying to get out of LAS into JFK/EWR the issue with the seat map vs seats available is the seats are likely sold or "taken" just not assigned yet. Due to all the canceled flights they have probably been trying to re-accommodate people on these flights and that's probably why they arent available for sale. You might have better luck calling them directly. I feel your pain, our flight yesterday was the very last flight allowed out of LAS to JFK yesterday and it feels good to be home.
Good Luck