I agree with the conspiracy theory....especially regarding flights to Asia. They seem to be zeroing a lot of seats out in all classes only to release them a couple days before the flight.

I am crossing my fingers that this is the case for a flight I have in 2 weeks to China where I'm waitlisted for the upgrade and everything is sold out!! I've been monitoring the flight for a few weeks and it went from having no Y availability with only C and F available to having no C or F available and having Y available. A clever way to sell the more expensive seats...me thinks!