Originally Posted by
NWplatinum
Sure, of course I understand there are scenarios they cannot offer them all the time to maximize revenue. But on a flight that has a totally empty cabin, and not a single person booked in it? I could understand if even a single person was booked, but having a totally empty cabin with no saver space seems a little unjust to me.
You’re talking about October. At least for AA, less than 10% of seats are sold more than 60 days out, and the number is lower than that up front. (AA said this publicly as part of the AAUS reservations system merger.) For AS, without long haul flights, that number is almost certainly lower. So no sold seats four months out tells you (and AS) absolutely nothing.
The relevant question is not how many seats are sold now but how many seats AS thinks they’ll be able to sell, at what fare, and how that fare compares to how AS values award revenue.
The one thing that that surprises me is U7 with no Saver award seats available. I would think the relative value of miles to upgrades would be skewed a little differently.