Originally Posted by
sethb
You can also see if seats are available for sale. There's a maximum they'll overbook any flight to, so if no seats are available for sale it's almost certainly overbooked.
The seat map is likely to overstate the available seats on a route with E fares.
Upon re-checking in at T-8, bids were asked for for both segments. Since my Friday evening plans were cancelled, I have the whole day to reschedule... keeping my fingers crossed on this one.