Originally Posted by
plagwate
So I go through security and proceed to the gate area, settle in and open up the online seating map on my smartphone. 1F is still available.
Not sure how it works on FL.
But sometimes on UA, the seat map isn't indicative of the number of available seats.
There are some cases where someone is cleared for an upgrade (or holds an F ticket) but has no seat assigned (so the seat appears open on the seat map). This is true even if there is only one seat left.
I've had it happen where my upgrade clears, but no seat is assigned (even though there is only one seat left to select). You'd think that if there was one seat left, it would automatically assign you that seat.