Originally Posted by
mnredfox
Good luck, DTW-PVG is one of the longest flights DL has that I got lucky to get a GUC to clear (LAX-SYD as well both ways).
Must have had really really light loads. When I was T-3 days there were still 12 seats open, but slowly it all filled up to 0. I got it at the gate when someone didn't show.
Who buys a seat, let alone 12 seats, three days before departure? I would assume 90% of the passengers on a Sydney flight from the United States, particularly during tourist season, are vacationers on trips planned weeks or months earlier.