I also have a seat question, as the topic title would indicate, but this would be in economy... I'm going JFK-YVR at the end of August, aircraft is B74J, and I have seat 36A in both directions...seatmaps at Cathay Pacific and Seat Expert both show this as first row of Economy in the back part of the cabin shared with Business Class.

I would think this would be a good seat, but the CX map indicates most of that row open while most of the 15 rows behind are taken, which makes me wonder if there is anything wrong with it that I'm not aware of? Or do they just tend to keep them open for FFs (I'm in AA's FF program but have no status), and I just got lucky? Massive leg room is not an issue with me, I'm 5'3" with very short legs.