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Feb 13, 2017 | 1:19 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by flyerguy1975

It happens all the time- I watch passengers asking others to move seats so they can sit with their family on a regular basis.

Oh to be behind their computer for a day to see behind the scenes to understand the madness

I'm "guessing"

that many seat assignments are AUTOMATED (without human intervention). My profile shows that I prefer WINDOW seats, many times when I've been upgraded (on planes with lots of empty FC WINDOW seats) I'm assigned an AISLE seat.

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