Originally Posted by
irishguy28
The title is misleading!
Seat Assignments are always provisional - I know of no airline that guarantees that the seat you have chosen will definitely be the seat that you end up sitting in.
True, but it's pretty clear DL never even got the request through to AF. I've recently called KE and MH for seat assignments for an upcoming award booking through DL, and the KE agent for sure (and I think the MH agent) were both very clear about them not guaranteeing the seat assignment, especially if there's an equipment change. (I'm hoping that KE getting its A380s going might mean LHR finally gets flat beds in J every once in a while, and I'll gladly give up the UD on 747 for a full flat bed instead of angled.)