Originally Posted by
ft101
Somewhere between 24 and 48 hours before online check in opens, seats are allocated to all those who haven't paid or haven't the Skywards status to select. This is the point where you can really see just how full it's going to be or not.
I would have to disagree with this due to recent experience. There are too many variables to ever say you will really know how full it is. My last op-up was still showing 25 seats empty in Y when I checked in and Y9 on EF. The flight before that was Y0 from a week out yet I didn’t get an op-up as a plat on a Y flex+.