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May 27, 2017 | 5:03 pm

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bennos

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Originally Posted by UVAhoo06

I tried getting a seat in W, but the CI agent on the phone said that the entire section is not available. I asked to be seated in the bulkhead section or even exit row in Y. Not available. She saw the same seat map that I saw online: a lot of open seats in the back but not the ones that one would desire. I asked her what "preferred seating" was available for STE+ pax (like me). She said that no such seats/sections existed.

Have you (or anyone else) had any success getting "upgraded" at check-in? (I realize that it's just a nicer seat with identical Y food and service.)

I found the CI phone agents (multiple offices) friendly but useless and had the same experience you did. I ended up picking two together in the back (the last 3 rows on the 777), which were open to anyone.

At check-in, the awesome agent at KIX moved us up without asking. "It's still two together, but the seats are wider." That said, my subsequent experience with SP check-in at TPE (when I was already confirmed in J) was meh at best, so it may just be a YMMV kind of thing. It can't hurt to ask if they don't outright offer.

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