Hi Trojan - thanks for your input.
I will definitely check with AF on the seats....was able to make some changes to seat assignments last night on Delta.com so that at least my wife and I are sitting together on the long flight....per Delta. Now I need to make sure that AF is in sync.
Yes....pretty low number of posts from my end over the years. I actually had a job change reduced my travel for several years so I was not on the site much. Also, there are so many knowledgeable folks posting on this forum that there are few times that I really have anything to add.