Originally Posted by
txflyer77
Are you sure you didn't have a change of aircraft type? I have an ATL-EWR flight next month (connecting to BOM) that switched last night from an ERJ170 to a RJ145. Fortunately I was auto-moved into an A seat as every seat is now taken!
FYI, I've used this change to a sub-par regional jet (from a nicer one) as an excuse to get moved to a different flight, might be worth looking into. Especially if it gets you into EWR a bit earlier