Originally Posted by
Svantevit
That problem is easy to fix. The guy should just stop crediting his flights to the frequent flyer programme. That way he will drop down and loose his status and thus no more seat blocking

Of course he could also just stop putting in his FF number in the booking. Anyway - this way he gets a seat neighbour and the rest of us golds get our seat blocking.
Svantevit
He could pick middle seats. I wonder how that goes with seat blocking.
He should probably pick non-business travel periods too.