Originally Posted by
colerc
Best to just talk to the gate agent before departure and let them know that you prefer to take just one seat if that's all that is available.
Note that you as the Medallion member will be the one upgraded, and you can then let your wife take your seat while you take hers once you board. So make sure that her seat assignment in coach is the better one between you (she has the aisle seat and you have the middle, for example).
Good call, will do. Currently we're both on an aisle seat of EC on the A320 so no worries there. We prefer to sit across the aisle from each other with a 3 3 config so neither has to deal with a middle seat.