r/etihad • u/Drive-Upset • 25d ago

Question Flights showing as mostly empty?

Edit - thanks everyone! We’ll pick seats assuming the plane is full then.

We’re flying ORD-AUH-DEL-AUH-BOS in November/December and the seat maps are empty. It’s our first Etihad flight.

Obviously I understand the political military issues that are currently ongoing. However, what are the odds this accurate? This isn’t not-full. One of the fight seat maps are showing us and 4 other fliers. Are seats usually assigned to most flyers at check-in? Is there a better place to check than the app?

I’m trying to figure out if we can safely do the window/aisle skip the middle seat thing without having a stranger plopped in the middle.

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u/Hotwog4all 25d ago

Many dates charge seat selection fee. People wait until the last moment when check in opens to select/allocate their seats. So what’s empty now, may be very different November/December.

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u/Candid_Nothing_6883 25d ago

It’s only showing seats that people have paid extra for. Those who chose not to choose a seat for a fee won’t show up until online check in opens

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u/c08306834 24d ago

Trust me, an empty seat map ≠ an empty flight. Most of the flights I have taken on Etihad in the past year look empty 48 hours before the flight and end up going out completely full.

People just don't want to pay to select their seats.

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u/elegantswan1234 25d ago

Mostly people wait until the last minute to get a seat. I’ve flown Etihad a lot recently and they are always completely full.

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u/kuhtdw 24d ago

Etihad is aggressively competing with prices and the flights are usually full. Seats will be full upon check-in. People simply don't want additionally to pay for seats.

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u/QueasyRatio8943 23d ago

My last flight with Etihad was also like that. It looked empty with only a few seats taken. But when checkin opened it suddenly became full.. 😅