I'm flying out of JFK to DXB on Jan 1 (10am flight) and returning on Jan 6 (2am flight). On both legs I noticed that there are over 100 empty economy seats when looking at the select a seat map, but Emirates isn't selling any more economy tickets for these flights. Is this a common occurrence? I can't imagine Emirates would stop selling seats if the flight isn't flight fully booked, but I'm surprised that 25% of the passengers haven't booked a seat yet. Just trying to figure out my odds of getting an empty seat next to me.

Thanks.