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Jan 17, 2012 | 11:17 pm

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vasantn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Georgemia

I didn't get my SWU on my 11.5 hr MAD-DFW flight but the agent blocked center and gave me the aisle seat in the middle row in the "small" cabin. 20 minutes into boarding the plane is filling but I still have the whole row so I lay a half empty coke can on the other aisle seat. 2 minutes later daughter and mom show up from the back scoping my territory at about the time there's no more boarding. Given the fact that she came from the back I challenged her, saying that the pax left their coke and went to the toilet. She left, without much more fuss and I had the whole row. Given the fact that I didn't have to use an upgrade, I had a truly lie flat seat, DC for my IPAD (better than the Samsung selection, I don't think I saw games on those TABS) and a few comped drinks.

Would you use an SWU for a 3 or 5 seat center row?

What is a center row?
I can't imagine not upgrading a 3-hour flight if possible, let alone an 11-hour one. Are you kidding?
Whether or not "blocked" (there is no official blocking on AA now anyway), any seat in one's ticketed cabin is fair game once the boarding door is closed. Personally, I would not be comfortable with lying about the fact that the seats were unoccupied. YMMV.