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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 8:22 am
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dcline414
 
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Originally Posted by javabytes
Because they want to try to sell the seats before giving them away.
That or hold them for IROPs affecting paid F pax (likely the biggest reason ATL clears so few upgrades in advance).
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