+1. Having flown Etihad F quite a few times, I always check load before hand out of pure curiosity as to how many other people will be in the cabin with us. I've never had the A380 First Apartment not full (excluding The Residence), even though in most cases it only shows 4 or 5 seats booked pre-flight.

I was also looking forward to fly AUH>SIN as the only occupants in F back in December, yet we got on board and there was someone else with us. Same situation on the way back, yet this time there were 2 other people who were upgraded at boarding.