Originally Posted by enviroian

I booked a phx-dtw flight yesterday for 6/5-6/10 on Delta's website. Both non stops are on NW metal (obviously). Both come up "upgrade unavailable" so I call the plat line and the agent puts me on hold while she has to call NW so they recoginize my status. Then, I find out I have no ability on Delta's website to assign seats. I get my PNR and head over to NW's site where I can access seat assigments only to find out I have to wait 24 hours before departure to get a "choice seat" or whatever they call it (want an exit row on the 319 but no dice). What gives?

Ian