They are separate buckets. That said, all of the buckets on a plane are tied together at least loosely. If suddenly two seats in business sell it is not all that surprising that there will be fewer available to sell in other channels.
Originally Posted by
Yanks08802
This FF program is so frustrating that I am openly rooting for a US-AA merger so that I can escape.
Do you actually believe that US/AA do it differently? I think you're in for quite the surprise if so.