Originally Posted by
757CO
Called again and spoke to a lovely agent - confirmed 8 available but only selling 6 (as shown in expert mode). She saw the two seat blocks, but had no idea why. Strange. I could see a highly mathematical "on X route, there's a Y% chance a high roller and/or executive/corporate partner will book at the last minute so we'll block Z amount of seats until T-24" scenario. Or not.
FRMS flights on 787’s require two seats to be blocked for the flight crew. I would not count on these opening up on a 14+ hour route.