Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
My experience is that's not 100% accurate.
I watched - real time - one day as EF was showing F2 X0 A0 as the gate agent cleared 4 upgrades into F. When they cleared #5, EF went to F1/X0/A0. When they cleared #6, it went F0 and there it stayed. The last 3 were Platinum (Person #4 sat next to me on the flight).
I can't see them holding 4 seats as EXP expanded inventory on day of flight.
Paid no-shows. The seats were sold, but the gate agent knew that, with 20 minutes until the doors close, the pax were still over Kansas. Or whatever. There are a bazillion possible reasons. Few, if any, are EF's fault.