Originally Posted by remdk

Ahmed777 did you allocate seats some time ago? Originally on the B787 only 1A and 1K were blocked and 1E and 1F were available for allocation by passengers. A couple of months ago that changed and the entire row 1 is now blocked. Typical QR that they did not notify you of the change! If you want row 1 seats you need to get to the airport very soon after check-in opens and ask for them.
As I said in post 8 of this thread "We cannot guarantee any particular seat as we may need to change it for .......".

You were just unfortunate that you got caught up in the changes when they were implemented.