Originally Posted by
dparkinson
... but they'd occasionally offer me seats that weren't actually there, ...
as mentioned earlier seat availability can change very quick in irrops, what occurred to you is common in those situations
Originally Posted by
dparkinson
... so I was trying to see if I saw a seat on flight stats whether it actually exists as it could be gone if it isn't essentially live updating.
the data comes from the airlines, it will not be any better that UA or CO data
A live agent has the best data and can grab a seat the fastest -- but I have even had that fail.