Originally Posted by
Jacketwatch
... All the seats below 1st class are marked with an "x" meaning not available but when I looked for an econ seat for friends looks like some are open despite what the seating chart shows. ...
How are you doing this? Are you saying there are seats for sale? Or are you looking at a different seatmap?
There are various reasons seats are not open for assignment at this time, some are blocked until checkin for various reasons.
Originally Posted by
Jacketwatch
... Is this an example,e of overbooking?
Yes that could be happening