Originally Posted by
justin_krusty
I think its only a temporary measure, and cheaper than reconfiguring the plane, then having to "unconfigure" it later. Those that are paying for J now are unlikely to start buying Y and gambling on J seats.
But higher status Y pax will start gambling on avoiding putting in points upgrade request - like I have!
On a serious note, it also seems a bit bizarre to start upgrade seat allocation so early. The OP was talking about Nov flights, although if the OP is WP, then I can understand it being done early.