Hi Fellow FT's!

There's a very annoying metal change at TPA Delta E Terminal going on.

For the past 4 months, 100% of the time the DL metal changes the day of the flight. I print my boarding passes late in the evening prior to the flight. My seat is mostly just behind the bulkhead on the aisle.

My last 6 flights out of TPA I walk to the gate, FA swipes my BP, new pop-up seat assignment prints and I'm in seat 40 or 41! I always stop & ask for a better seat & luckily my requests have worked (probably because I'm Silver).

To avoid this happening in 2011, looks like I need to wait til the a.m. of my flight to check in. This will enable me to choose (hopefully) a better seat. I could also swing by the SkyClub to double check a possible metal change & ask for a reassigned seat.

It's really frustrating. Looking for your suggestions for some sort of one-up action I can take. I'm also considering emailing DL about this annoying practice.

Would like your thoughts/suggestions.

Happy Holidays!