Originally Posted by
tristar76
Interesting. So on the outbound leg, there's zero "v" fares, but 6 seats open in first class. Does this mean nobody's getting upgraded?
Not necessarily.
But it does mean that DL management are hoping to sell 6 more FC tickets.
Or, six ersatz FC tickets in the A or P fare bucket, for as little as $50 more than a coach fare.
When they fail to sell all 6 FC seats, some PAX will get upgraded at the gate to fill the remaining FC seats.
If you are looking at a flight with 22 or more FC seats, holding back six seats is not all that unreasonable.
If you are looking at a flight with 12 FC seats, I'd call holding 6 seats back excessive.