Originally Posted by
midlevels
With the exception of bassinet seats, these seats are all reserved for eilte tier members. If you're AA Plat you should be able to get a "blocked" seat assigned to you.
I am accustomed to seeing quite a few seats blocked for elite members in the forward part of many carriers' economy cabins. However that is not what I am referring to here. If you look at the seat map for CX873 SFO-HKG you will see what I'm talking about.