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How can the availability figures for flight XXX be so low, when I am seeing so many unassigned (available) seats on the seatmap?!

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How can the availability figures for flight XXX be so low, when I am seeing so many unassigned (available) seats on the seatmap?!

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• A: Airlines do not pre-assign seats automatically — someone (or something) has to request a seat assignment. Furthermore, certain categories of PAX (e.g. groups) cannot request an assignment, even if they wanted to. Lastly, the flight may be overbooked in lower cabin(s), which, in turn, may affect availability in the higher cabin(s) in order to accomodate intended operational upgrades. • Q 4: How can the availability figures for flight XXX be so high, when I am seeing so few (or no) unassigned (available) seats on the seatmap?! • A: Not all seats are available for pre-allocation. Some seats may be blocked for various operational and commercial reasons, in accordance with the policies of the corresponding carrier. • Q 5: How come a flight is missing from the list of the results? • A: If a flight is zeroed-out in economy cabin (e.g. Y0), it may show at the end of the list. If there are many matching flights, try to make your query more specific (e.g. by specifying airline and/or depar

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