Originally Posted by
BlueMilk
If you don't mind the hold times it's worth a shot.
I've had a few cases where the agents were able to offer seats (of the standard variety) that were unavailable on the AC website and shown occupied on expertflyer.
Please report back.
To follow-up - yes the agent can override and put one into the status section. Although she would only offer an aisle and middle, when I can see the row ahead has a window seat....