On the flight I mentioned in the standby/upgrade thread, I just noticed based on the seat maps, that even though it is listed as A0 and has been for weeks now, the forward "elite" part of the cabin when I currently have a seat only shows the standard blocked out bulkhead, and one other seat occupied. All the rest of the filled seats are behind the premium area.

This brings up the question: How likely is it for a 1/4 (no exageration) full aircraft to have sold out the first class cabin weeks ahead of time? Is this some kind of capacity control trickery? 14 or 18 F seats sold for an early morning Sunday flight, and no other elites? Any ideas?