Similar thing happened to me this week. I was in 2F and the FA came by to take meal orders front to back in seat pairs, the guy next to me spoke up first and then she said "Now I only have the other choice available". Front to back, no GS first (unless there just happened to be no GS pax on the flight). I was OK with the meal (though I would have picked the other one if available) but it really irritated me that they are doing it this way with no respect for their customers' loyalty, when they're so thinly loaded they can run out of choices in the second row! I mean they always made such a big deal out of whether or not agents greeted you by your name! What the heck good is that kind of recognition if it doesn't translate into practical benefits like a meal choice? Come on!

However this was a flight out of EWR (i.e. CO); is it possible that PMCO FAs are just still doing it the stupid old PMCO way, or do we have actual confirmation (as opposed to speculation with a high probability of correctness) that having our status ignored on board is now COdbaUA policy going forward?

I've been selecting seats towards the front of the F cabin on this basis since 3/3, but I really prefer to sit further back. And clearly even row 2 can't guarantee you a choice!

ObOnTopic: the thousands of lifetime miles that were arbitrarily subtracted from my lifetime history on 3/26 still haven't come back. Has anyone else in this predicament had any luck recovering theirs?