If it is up that amount from last year then what "extra words' are there?

It didn't say load factors or even seats sold will end up being +38% at travel time, because that wouldn't be possible, as there was nowhere near that many seats remaining. Most flights during that peak season are 90-100% full or more with overselling. But not all seats sold for Nov-Jan are sold by late April-mid May. Most tickets are purchased in later months closer to travel time. So if its a YoY comparison for the same snapshot points, that's very good news and is very easily "remotely accurate".

The combination of pent up demand, cabin fever, separation from one's family and friends and probably some nice fare sales could easily up the bookings this far out by that percentage. It didn't just look at Thanksgiving but also other winter holidays. I understand erring on the side of caution and I'm not suggesting the most junior pilots go pay top dollar in red hot housing markets based on 200 hours a month of GS pay or now's the time to get that new speedboat. Someone looked at one data point and saw some good news. That's all.