Just got of the phone with the CP desk about a seat assignment on a 330. Here's the deal: my son is graduating from college in May (yeah!! in four years, better than his father did!) and I got hime a ticket to the UK for his graduation. No restriction mile award tkt. His seat is row 10 on the aisle.
Not being familiar with the 330, that seemed OK with me. Then I looked at seatguru and saw that rows 8 and 21 were the bulkhead rows. When I called the CP desk about a seat change, they said that row 21 was booked. I asked about row 8 and he said, "That is a handicapped row." I never heard of such a thing before.
I only fly US domestically, so I am not familiar with the trans Atlantic protocols and the 330 configuration. Is there such a thing as a "handicapped row"?

... Is there such a thing as a "handicapped row"?

In my experience, bulkhead rows are never available in advance for international flights, they are reserved for families with babies and the handicapped and may be requested at the airport.

So then I gather that the bulkhead row 8 on a 330 is not an emergency exit row. If that is the case, then which rows are emergency rows?

So then I gather that the bulkhead row 8 on a 330 is not an emergency exit row. If that is the case, then which rows are emergency rows?

Row 21 is emergency, row 8 is bulkhead. As you've been on seatguru, I'm sure you'll have noticed the pitch is greater in the forward coach section

Row 21 is the exit row, and also a bulkhead row. Only the center section (C,D,E and F) are available for passenger seat assignment and use on transatlantic flights. They try to place families in the bulkhead rows because they are the only seats that will accomodate bassinets.
Hope that helps.

Thanks for the info.