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Old Jun 5, 2014 | 7:25 am
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mgcsinc
 
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Originally Posted by olouie
I wish this was true. Being silver and flying from SFO I have suffered not being able to get a aisle/window on many flights. Perhaps the flights I am taking are too popular, but I am about a 50/50 for E+ aisle/window over the past year or so.
All you need is seat alerts and constant checking, right down to at the gate.

On narrowbodies, there are at least two specific E+ seats that are usually blocked and are almost always available to those checking in at exactly T-24. On widebodies, there are more.
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