Originally Posted by
DCAIAD
Preface to thread: I'm NOT complaining (too much anyway)
I've been extremely lucky with upgrades this year at the seven-day window. That said, 80% of my upgrades put me into the bulkhead row. As I often carry on both a roller and laptop bag, unless you're among the first few passengers to board, there is often not enough overhead space and I end up having to stick at least one of my bags in the first bin in Y.
I usually fly out of DCA, so there are obviously many Preferred members jockeying for seats at the upgrade window. So once you're assigned a seat, it seems difficult to change.
A idea why the system default seems to think that the bulkhead is my preference? Anything I can do about this?
Thanks in advance!
I'm glad to hear that it's not just me. I know it may sound like a petty thing
to complain about, but I really don't prefer the first row, mainly because of
the carry-on luggage I have to stow and can't always find. Whenever an
upgrade clears, I always go into the reservation to change my seats.
I remember the Crystal City USAirways would allow Preferred members to fill
out a profile that preferenced where you liked to sit in first. And there was
the option for bulkhead preferred and bulkhead not preferred.
Now what I have concluded is that when you're on the website and go into
the first class seat map for a flight to see how many seats are still open (this
would be a few days before the flight,not after the automatic upgrade check
is over), the fact that row 1 shows occupied doesn't actually mean that there
are people booked into those seats but are actually open. It's just a theory.