Originally Posted by
jbsay
I realize seat maps and actual inventory can vary widely, but one upcoming flight I'm monitoring (UA 6272, IAD-AUS, 3/1/13) looks awfully strange. The CR7 seat map shows 24 seats unassigned in Y, yet EF shows zero Y inventory (Y0, B0, etc.).
How can a fully-booked flight that departs in 2.5 days have nearly 40% of its seats unassigned? Normally, I'd assume an aircraft change had just occurred, but I've been monitoring this flight for over a week and neither the seating chart, equipment type, nor the Y inventory has changed by more than a couple of seats.
This does not seem unusual to me. Not everyone goes online to get seats assigned and many wait to do this at check-in at the airport, where they can be surprised to find that only middle seats are available. I predict that at T-24 a great deal more seats will be assigned.