Originally Posted by
tedhl
another "enhancement" I just experienced is that they do not let me (DM) take a bassinet seat anymore (without an infant, in J), even when all bassinet seats are empty now AND I'm completely ok with giving up the seat if there's really a need in the end (i.e. all other infant seats occupied by infants in the end, which I don't expect will happen in the next few days since we're flying this weekend). otherwise my family have seats all scattered around in the cabin now, and they still gave me super hard time releasing one of the infant seats to me so that we could sit together. in the past they're quite happy doing it for DM. but now again claimed that it's a "feature" in the new system and they can't do it anymore.
I know off topic, but why would you want to take a bassinet seat if you don't have a baby? It just increases your chances of being seated near a crying baby.