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Old Oct 31, 2017, 9:12 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: Alaska Gold 75K, AA EXP, United 1K
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Originally Posted by tasty_chicken
I'm on AA193 LAX-HKG on 11/16. I'm Exec Plat using 2 SWU for myself and my SO. Expertflyer shows Business cabin as (J5 R3 D1) but seatmap shows 25 seats available. MCE is completely full. Even Economy shows (Y3 B0 H3 K0 M0 L0 G0 V0 S0 N0 Q0 O0 E0). I have a bad feeling in my gut that's telling me that we aren't going to clear.
With 25 unassigned seats in J and only 5 available for sale,
seems like a heavy Y oversell although I'm surprised they would oversell Y by that much and not leave some more J open this far out. My guess is you will get upgraded...heck even a small chance for an op up.
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