Afternoon all.

Flying out with Etihad in two days time.

I've "bid" for business class seats - Etihad are now saying I need to up my bid as there are 15 of us bidding for 4 seats.

I know business class has more than 4 seats - I think more like 24 on the 787. I suspect this is a ploy to get people to pay more.

My question is how busy are the flights at the moment? Is economy packed like pre Covid or are they sparse with space between other travellers and the opportunity to lie down, stretch out etc...

Thanks.

This is a followup question to one I asked earlier. My Thai wife and I are traveling to Thailand next month. She has both a US passport and Thai passport. When I am filling out the info to buy the airline ticket and I have to identify nationality and provide passport number, which passport and nationality to use? I have a visa for me and since she is Thai, she didn't get a visa as I was told on this site that she should just use her Thai passport upon entering Thailand. I only ask this question to avoid confusion at the airport when we depart and when we return.