Originally Posted by
kthpence

Flying Y+ next week CDG-EWR, trying to get a whole row to myself. Regular economy is fully booked, but Y+ is wide open. I figured if I put myself in the middle seat, people would be more apt to choose another row that is empty, and hopefully no one would choose the aisle or window. Thoughts on this strategy?
Definitely not. If E- is showing full on the seat map then there's most likely a ton of people that don't have seat assignments. All those "open" seats will start disappearing rapidly at T-24.