Originally Posted by
tom911
Start checking 100 hours out when upgrades clear and hopefully something better will open up that's not a premium seat. There are premium seats open as far back as row 23 but not a single non-premium seat open right now. Other than that, you'll need to select a seat at check-in or at the gate. No assurance you won't get a middle seat if that's all that's left at that time.
Thanks. I set up an EF seat alert and hope something opens up. Not a great reintroduction to AA
I know that UA plays similar games with E+ (which I don't have to deal with due to status), but the amount of seats AA is blocking seems far worse than what UA does. Maybe it's just a skewed perception though.