Originally Posted by
Will08
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+.
Could have been any of these:
- no shows
- misconnections
- capacity change
- staff causing upgrades
- route specific (certain routes have little noshows (JP) so cannot be overbooked heavily)
I tend to agree with m3red but also do think it's not always as straightforward.