Originally Posted by
stevenshev
Nope. That's if you want to Buy Y. For an IRROP, they make a seat. Period. That's the policy.
Buying Y also has nothing at all to do with the seatmap, although there is a "secret limit" imposed by RM where they won't keep overselling into Y0 beyond a certain amount. It's very rare, but got hit by things like people trying to go see the eclipse.