<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by HeadInTheClouds:
Just remember, with the ever increasing dominance of Easy Check-In kiosks, this all becomes a different game as people select their own seats. Does anyone know if all seats "unblock" on day of departure for the kiosks? Or does it leave them blocked until there are no others left in E-?</font>
I used easy-checkin a few times pre-status and did not have access to E+ seats through the machine. Still had to get it at the gate from a live person. I imagine it's still the same.