Originally Posted by
davetravels
Intra Europe, I think if you're in biz, you can get seats in advance, but in coach, they're auto assigned at check-in.
I have a J award ticket for July, and my BER/CDG flight does have a seat assignment. Coach, which is where I usually am, never.
This is correct. I've been able to select intra-European seats in advance (for LHR-CDG-LHR) for the first time ever after using an SWU and being upgraded to Eurobiz on those sectors as well.
To the OP: Once you get within 30 hours of departure, AF seizes absolute control of the seat map, and the only way to change seats is with them. You might try at SEA to see if a DL agent there can get into the system, since they have airport access that I don't think telephone reservations has.