Originally Posted by NightTripper

When I took the family of four to Thailand last year, the intel on Thai Airways was that if you booked the two J seats available, they would often release two additional. So I booked the two J seats, they released two more nearly instantly, and I booked those J seats also.

So yes sir/madam - I have been able to predict this, based entirely on the help from the FT community familiar with the process. Which is why I posed the same question in this forum.