In my experience, some seats are usually blocked from general passengers to select on pretty much all DL flights.
Typically, at least one side of the bulkhead row in Y in my experience, but it can vary.
I have a flight tomorrow where I still don't have a great seat. Hoping someone can chime in with some advice/experience on if they've had any luck getting a better seat (or one of the blocked seats) in these situations.
Right now, EF is showing inventory as: J0 C0 D0 I0 Z0 W0
Y3 B3 M1 S1 H0 Q0 K0 L0 U0 T0 X0 V0 E0
DL.com shows one seat as available on the seat map, a middle in the back of the plane. The standby list on dl.com shows 5 seats available in coach.
Oddly, now that I'm checked in, DL.com displays an error message on the seat map, despite me having a confirmed Y seat still:
We can't assign a seat because one or more passengers in this itinerary is on the standby list for a seat assignment. If you have an assigned seat and need to change it, please see an airport agent when you check in.
Actually trying to change my seat to the one open one shows:
WE CAN'T CHANGE YOUR SEAT
One or more passengers in this itinerary is on the standby list for a seat assignment. If you have an assigned seat and need to change it, please see an airport agent when you check in.
Maybe this is because I'm waitlisted for an UG upfront?
Anyways, back to my question. Looks like DL is blocking at least 4 seats from selection. What is the best method to try and get one of these?
Options I see are:
1) Call and ask (unlikely to work; presumably they're blocked for airport assignment)
2) Tweet and ask (unlikely to work; presumably they're blocked for airport assignment)
3) Ask at the checkin counter (possible, though perhaps they try and save these for gate assignment?)
4) Ask at the gate (if the GA isn't busy and no special circumstances come up requiring the blocked seats, presumably they could move me to one?)
Anyone have any experience with these or any luck with these or other methods to try and get a better seat/blocked seat assigned?