Originally Posted by azeckel

Wednesday night fleeing LGA. Was #1 all day but about 2 hours out, all the remaining FC seats were gone. I stayed #1 for 0 and was told at the gate FC checked in full. After boarding was done, one empty seat up front. And the app changed to say one open seat (i took a screenshot - 8 minutes after scheduled departure). GA walks one last person onto the plane and points at the seat and says "that's your seat" and then we leave.

I dunno who the last minute guy was. He could have paid a stack of cash for the seat, but it certainly didn't feel like it. Just the way he acted / they interacted it seemed like he was nonrev. Obviously i have no proof either way.

Is this even something worth complaining about to Delta? It's so minor, but I do feel insulted at checkin when nearly every week they offer to sell me an upgrade for ~$200. After maintaining DM status for 7 years I feel like I've paid a different kind of price.

Flame away. WFBF. I'm right there with you. But if I do that, I'm not going to maintain status anywhere. I'll pry just start flying to EWR on UA b/c it's easier to get to the west side from there. Also, there's no way I'm going to stand around the gate waiting for the "you board you lose" nonsense. I do carry a rollaboard and most of the time the GA recognizes when asked if FC is full that they can't pull shenanigans...