Originally Posted by
GUWonder
If they were the last to board -- as they claimed -- looking at the seatmaps online would be unnecessary so as to know which seats were empty. If they were waiting to be the last to board for economy class seat selection reasons, perhaps they know more than most infrequent travelers about how to get better seats in the same cabin as booked.
Good point. They probably held back with this in mind. My guess is they never even went to their assigned seats just sat their butts where they felt they were entitled.
Until some one proves me wrong I am with UA on this one.