Unavailable Seats, Under Airport Control
I've booked us on a KA flight from KWL to HKG in October. It's a single class (all Y) A320. The seat map on cathaypacific.com shows rows 22-28 as being "extra legroom seats." row 22 is the first row of seats, there is no business class.
MPC Gold are supposed to be able to choose these seats but they show as unavailable in the MMB section when I'm logged in. I just spoke with someone at MPC (they answered after the first ring by the way! ^ ) and they told me that these seats are under airport control.
I have seen that the accessible/bassinet seats in F for example are blocked off in both the 744 and 777 but it seems strange to me to be blocking off 7 rows of seats (6 in front plus the emergency exit row in the middle)
The person at MPC told me that these seats are strictly under the control of airport staff at KWL. Can this be true? Will KA/CX sell their tickets and then just assign seats just before the flight? Just wondering if there is any way to get the seats up front assigned now.