Originally Posted by
billdokes
And that tells you exactly nothing...as has been reported here on many occasions, you cannot rely on the seatmap to give any reliable indication of actual availability.
DO NOT LOOK AT THE SEATMAP
J 9, O 7, probably suggests the flight is pretty open so min-bid might clear, but it might not...always a crap shoot. That said, might get a LMU at check-in that is lower than the min-bid, you never know.
I think the P9 is actually the more useful number here.
It means that not just are there at least 9 seats available, but likely more than that (Inot necessarily 25, but certainly more than 9), AND they have very low expectations of selling them.
The Y availability also provides useful information. That flight might only be half full, which means fewer people trying to upgrade through any means in general.