Originally Posted by
Cheetah_SA
Except... since the only available booking class has been Y, then everyone who has bought a ticket would have been entitled to a seat allocation for free and presumably availed themselves of the option?
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I am not sure everyone does select seat even if it would be free. It is a detour from the normal flow in the booking process. Also, the design of seat selection in the style of ancillary revenue, so I think many customers are scared to enter that process.