Originally Posted by
pmanchuk
This might seem like a daft question, but wouldn't removing the existing selection and waiting to be auto-assigned something at check in actually run the potential for a much worse seat - ie. middle seat / last row - if everything else fills up before then?
At least (in my mind), having the seat already assigned is a step ahead guaranteeing she at least gets her preferred location (window).
If it were me, I would not gamble with the possibility that AA is "nice to me" and gives me a decent seat automatically at check-in without having a guaranteed back up plan already confirmed.
Yes I agree there is a possibility of that happening. But, since the seat map shows all seats taken, except for Preferred and MCE seats, wouldn't that mean there is generally a better chance of her getting one of those "better" seats? Obviously there will be upgrades at T-24 out of E- to the MCE seats, and I'll watch the seat map, but the gamble is there.
Essentially has a bird in her hand now, with a window seat in the second to last row of the plane. I'm asking if it's possible to let that bird go, and hope for a larger bird to land in her lap on day of travel. Definitely low chance, but I would think it is in fact possible, since obviously they divvy out Preferred/MCE seats once E- is oversold.