Originally Posted by
chris4096
I was just checking the flight status for my PHL-MAD later this week and noticed the flight loads are really low - running around 180 seats available out of 263 on the A333 which is less than 1/3 full (83 occupied). The flight is about the same for the rest of the week.
Are you checking a reliable source such as an online site that provides fare class loads or are you just counting the seat map? If the later then I would take it with a grain of salt. At least on United I've see 25+ seats that appeared empty all be assigned at the airport to people who for one reason or another never had a seat.