Originally Posted by
CHCflyer
I have heard that NZ is deliberately leaving seats empty over December through the holiday season (but I don't know how long before departure) to accommodate misconnects and other contingencies. Flights are so heavily booked that there is no slack in the system to reaccommodate delayed or disrupted passengers across the Pacific.
But a few seats could only accommodate a fraction of a single disrupted domestic flight - perhaps only those with international connections.
For international flights, this would make no sense at all?