While I don't agree that the bulkhead seats are reserved on those international flights for families traveling with infants, it is Deltas policy. Just out of curiosity, how were you able to select the bulkhead seat on a TPAC flight? Usually they don't release them until the gate and it is nearly impossible to snag unless you are disabled or with an infant.

On my recent flight back from JNB to ATL I wasn't able to select the bulkhead (row 30 in the 777LR) seats ever. Not when I booked the ticket, not when I viewed OLCI, not when I asked the check-in counter agent and not when I asked the GA. I think you must have been pretty fortunate to get a bulkhead seat because everytime I asked they said "those seats are reserved for families traveling with infants and disabled passengers". Apparently those are the only seats that they bassinets are able to be installed.

I guess my point is that I have no idea how you were able to be assigned that seat unless the GA thought there would not be any families traveling with infants on the plane. Personally, if I were traveling with an infant and was told by the airline that they specially reserved the bulkheads because they could put in bassinets, I would be absolutely pissed to see someone that wasn't disabled or without an infant traveling in those seats. I know the bulkhead seats have 20 extra inches of legroom and get served first but they are specifically held back and reserved for the type of passenger that asked for you to switch seats. I would have reluctantly moved and been a little disappointed but understood that those are DLs policies and respected that. On a side note, were the other bulkheads with people with infants? Or disabled passengers? Did the people ask to switch with anyone else?