Originally Posted by
lking
If you really don't care where you end up sitting, I say go for the gamble. But, if you care, I just want to pass a thought: I fly often and have never seen so many seats disappear the day before a flight. I don't know where these people come from or where or how they have booked, but I have never had an empty seat next to me, or in the plane even, in I can't remember how many years when flying Delta.
I'd say last-minute business travelers fall into this category.
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
If the seats disappear shortly before T-24, it's probably passengers who have connecting flights (into your departure airport) doing OLCI shortly after T-24 for their first segment.
And this as well - usually if I do connecting flights, my chance of getting a seat I want on the second segment is higher since not everyone has done their check-in procedures. I would expect this if I'm doing DFW-SEA on AA or ATL-SEA on DL, but I think since I'm flying Delta's first flight out of DFW to SEA, chances are this would be unlikely unless if they connect from a fellow South American/European Skyteam partner to Seattle.