Originally Posted by
hartlogan
A few data points from a recent experience:
1) Expertflyer, Travelocity, Expedia, etc don't show seats accurately - or at least the bulkhead and exit rows. They will appear as blocked off on EF, but they have actually already been assigned.
This matches my observations on Orbitz as well. Orbitz actually lets you choose seats pretty much anywhere on a JL flight on AA reservations, but in the end no seats are confirmed. If you try to fix that, you then get an error message.