Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
Yes. but it often works the other way around, namely many flights are elite heavy, and it is the elite zone that fills up, leaving everything behind row 22 relatively emptier. In fact, some savvy CO elites will book the first few rows of the "kettle zone" in order to get a little more overhead bag space and even--if they are lucky--an empty seat next to them.
I've done that.
Originally Posted by
Flyer IAH
Yes, but...
CO's elite seating area, which the OP could refer to as 'premium seating' is just regular coach seats in the front of the plane (not E+). Agree on the new 'tagging', I have seen it for the last few months.
CO rebranded the seat names when they rolled out ELR. What used to be called Premium Seats are now branded Reserved for Elite Members.