Originally Posted by
WillBarrett_68
Is this true? It never even occurred to me that the "seats available" number in the upgrade list would just be a straight count of unassigned seats rather than actual inventory.
Regardless, I think the IROPS theory seems to be the most likely.
Yup. "Seats available" is a count of unassigned seats, not seats for sale. This is confirmable by checking upcoming flights against ExpertFlyer--eventually you'll find one where "seats available" in F is greater than the count for sale.
That said, I do agree IROPS is much more likely here.