Originally Posted by
NotHamSarnie
Not sure why people are pissing on the OP here. If the UG hadn't come through, he'd have been back in 24D instead of in EC, with standby passengers taking his seat. I don't mess with GAs because I know they're harried and I generally have the UG in hand, but the reason they're harried is that they have too much leeway to indulge in Shena behavior and thus have too much power.
The OP was completely entitled to ask for a seat in Economy Comfort, however he isn't exactly entitled to the precise seat he wants, especially since the flight was already under gate control. The bulkhead row is usually reserved for passengers with special needs and such.
The passengers that were seated in row 10 on this flight were inconvenienced revenue passengers that were flying together, we do not know their fare code, however they were not NRSA's, so as far as anyone knows, they were just as entitled to the bulkhead seats as the OP. And it is highly unlikely the gate agent was trying to pull some shenanigan to benefit these passengers since these were revenue passengers.
Had the OP asked for -any- EC seat instead of asking specifically for a the bulkhead as a backup, perhaps the GA would have been more accommodating, but if the GA was already planning on seating the inconvenienced group in row 10, I can understand that he/she was hesitant to seat a passenger there that was probably getting the upgrade anyways.