Hi! I'm new to this forum so my apologies if I'm not posting in the right area 
I'm trying to find out how full economy is on flights I have booked in April/May. Flights are:
VA2 LAX-SYD April 28
VA1 SYD-LAX May 16
I joined ExpertFlyer on a free membership (after seeing some people on here talking about viewing seat maps there), but from what I have access to it shows that there are only 24 occupied seats in economy, apart from seats that are blocked. Surely that can't be right?? (Sorry - I can't show you what I see as I don't have enough posts yet to put in a link). When I log into VA website and look at the seat selection it is only showing ABC/HJK availability in rows 27,28,41,42,47,48 and 49 for both flights.
I realise that I only booked seats on a V Promo fare so I'm not expecting miracles here. I'm quite happy to pay to select seats (as they are now letting V Promo do), but I don't know if it's worth it if the flight is not looking like it will be all that full. Also, if anyone has suggestions on the best seats I could pick, I'd appreciate it. Not so much for me, as I'm not that picky (like I said - I don't expect much when I pay the lowest fare I can get), but more so for my husband as he is a large guy (not tall) and he is a little nervous as this will be his first long-haul flight to Australia (or anywhere for that matter lol).
Many thanks from the newbie!!!!
