Originally Posted by
Pharaoh
Oh, but they will. I booked 7A on a flight to NRT last year and got booted twice, to 2A and then 3D or K or whatever the last one is. I asked and they said they did so to accommodate a DM. At least I wasn't booted out of the cabin.
Actually, now that you mention it, on a very recent trip, I was booted from 7A on a 767 to 4A at about T-24 due to my seat being needed for pilot rest, but at the airport was moved to 5A after I drew a picture of the table console placement, with the seat on the aisle versus by the window on that aircraft. Since all of the odd A and D seats were occupied at that point, I suspect that the agent's call resulted in someone else being booted out of 5A.