Are all the seat maps showing 2+3 in the first 5 rows for your DOM bookings ex LGW?
On my recent LGW- MAN flight (Friday mid-morning) the seat map showed similar, (weeks before the flight.)...but these rows were grayed out preventing selection.
At OLCI I was able to snag 3C and indeed the first 4 rows had been left in CE config... Lovely!
I asked the cabin crew and they claimed not to have noticed!!!!
They claimed that they were on their first rotation but that the aircraft had come off an international service....
On the way back down the aircraft was in full DOM set up, but was due to fly on to Italy.
I also travelled to MAN from LGW on the early morning flight on Saturday. The first 8 rows were not available. On boarding, the aircraft was in full DOM set up and the few (less than 20) passengers were all in the middle... but I was told this was due to balance issues. Tho it makes it easy for the crew of course!!!!