Originally Posted by
flyerCO
The numbers for DL296 PVG-NRT will always appear full in general. Just because they have available seats doesn't mean they want to sell them. Instead they want to save them for DL296 PVG-ATL. If they allow them to be sold for DL296 PVG-NRT then they won't likely make as much as DL296 PVG-ATL would.
The same was true for the DL flight from ICN to NRT. I remember seeing only a few seats available in high fare classes but an empty seat map and that was the explanation.