Originally Posted by
anabolism
Are you sure this wasn't a situation where CX needed to do a cabin roll (operational upgrade) because coach or PE was oversold?
Quite sure not an op-up--they were December flights, and it was a ghost town in economy (and there were empty seats left in PE, too). This isn't an actual benefit for OWE, but it seems like this happens fairly frequently, if the discussion boards are to be believed!