I also highly doubt the flight would have been full. The 008 is ALWAYS a 747. The 20th is a Tuesday so you do not have the passengers returning home for the weekend. It is a tourist flight. Speaking with friends in the tourism business, it is unfortunately full of cancellations. BTW I am not familiar with the 777 fleet. Do they all have the "improved" business seats or am I again on a slant? Anything else I need to know?