Originally Posted by
JumboD
I believe it used to be that way, where those seats were elite-only. However I just looked up a random date in march both while logged into aa.com and logged out. Both showed the same J-sold-as-Y seats available.
Interestingly enough, though, only elites may reserve J-sold-as-Y seats on the ORD-DFW 777.
Are you sure these are limited to elites? Preferred seats are generally open to those booking full Y or using an Aanytime award (books as Y). Is this different when using the BC section for a flight sold as 2 class? I thought they were simply treated as "preferred" seats and open to anyone entitled to a preferred seat (not just elites)