I booked 4 reward seats in business MAN-JNB for July 2024 on the day they were released. I need another 2 seats as there are 6 of us travelling, but based on availability last year I thought I’d wait to see if any more were released in business and if not I would pay cash, business if the price was right, if not premium or economy. I’ve been checking expert flyer and it’s been showing the flight as sold out in all fare fare buckets except expensive bussiness, for a few weeks now. Does anyone with more knowledge than me have any suggestions to why this would be, surely the flight isn’t really completely sold out in economy already? I’ve checked several days either side of our date of travel and they’re all showing the same thing. Maybe I’m not reading the info correctly.
TIA
First thing that leaps out at me is that the flights are 777s. Normally this route is flown by A380s.
In fact, across tens of times of flying LHR<>SA (JNB mostly, bit of CPT) with BA, I have never flown on a 777! Have flown on 380, 744 & 788!
So sorry, can't answer your direct question, but this may provide a clue as to what's going on!