Looks like some sponsors are picking up some slack. If you don't want to pay for one of the empty seats, how does one paid for by someone else sound to ya:
On the Star MegaDO5 this year, we'll be joined by the founders of Rocketmiles, a hotel booking website that offers an average of 7,000 airlinemiles or points per stay on premium hotels all over the world. To celebrate Oktoberfest (yes, they like beer), they decided to buy an extra ticket and give it away to a lucky Milepoint member who signs up for their service using this link. In addition, they launched a hefty 2-day Oktoberfest promotion this morning, where every hotel stay in October will earn DOUBLE MILES.
SO, enter to win the MegaDO seat, and take advantage of the Oktoberfest promotion now.