Originally Posted by
oliver2002
The 'preferred' seats are not (supposed to be) available for OLCI, but agents at the airport checkin can give them away to non elites.
However, looking at ExpertFlyer for LH440 tomorrow, only a group of seats near the front are marked premium only and rows 75 & 76 don't seem to be blocked. If you actually try OLCI the situation may of course be different.