Originally Posted by
DavidAL
On another note, it appears that my flight Tuesday from DTW to GRB (5328) is 1 person overbooked (at least the DL agent told me that, then said "Whoops, wasn't supposed to tell you that"), but I'm seeing still 4 FC seats available. So I'm assuming that there are no other Gold or higher medallions, since they probably would've already gotten bumped at 2 days out. (It's an award flight, flying with non-medallion family, so little to no chance for me to be upgraded, but maybe bumped).
Can any other people see differently than I on that, and why she's telling me there's 1 person overbooked, with 4 FC seats and 1 coach seat showing available.
You're almost never going to get bumped until right before the flight leaves, much less before the day of departure.
expertflyer.com has a trial if you don't want to subscribe right away. The seat map all by itself is a poor indicator of the flight's capacity. The agent is more reliable.