Originally Posted by
HLCinCOU
Meanwhile...anybody have guesses on whether I'll get my LAX-AKL rt to clear via SWU? Outbound 2018-11-01 return 2018-11-12. Right now expertflyer shows J7 on both flights and the seat map is wide open (21 and 17 respectively). I have them waitlisted of course, and alerts set in expertflyer. Seriously don't want to do 13.5 hours in Y if I can avoid it

November is still light years away so it's anyone's guess. An empty business cabin can easily fill up and a full business cabin could easily open up before then. On a route like LAX-AKL it probably won't clear until about 24-48 hours out, if at all.