Mike Jacoubowsky

It's worth a shot to write in; nothing to lose in doing so. Just keep it to the point and not nasty.

I don't find anything here that UA did that isn't allowed; fare buckets don't relate to the capacity of the plane. They only show what United wants to sell.

But it's possible that there might have only been two seats open when you bought your ticket. You don't mention routing, but if there were irregular ops in play elsewhere, there could have been a lot of missed connections. Or simply re-routed passengers. I've been on flights expected to be full and yet had a lot of empty seats when the plane left. I would expect, as more seats become available, the pricing on those seats would drop.