Originally Posted by
spd476
One flight isn't bad since we have a row of three in the back. However, on one flight, there are only individual scattered seats. I don't want to be the guy asking people to switch seats but I don't think my 5 year old should be sitting by himself.
Will Delta take care of the seating so one of us is with my son? Should I pick seats and try to trade (there one regular aisle, one limited recline aisle, some middle, and some window seats, but nothing where even two seats are together). Should I wait until the airport to and hope enough people with status get moved to C+ to give us seats together or my family (unlikely with no status) gets assigned to C+?
Unfortunately Delta will not help you with finding seats together. Your best bet is to select seats as close together as possible and hope people want to trade seats.
Was in a similar situation where I could not find seats together (even paid comfort+ seats) for me, my 9 and my 7 year olds on an urgent flight because of family circumstances. As a Silver at least I could board early and seat my kids before the rest of the passengers came in, and then asked people if they please could switch, explaining the circumstances. My fellow passengers were nice and switched. Helped also that the flight was not long (2.5 hours).
On the flight back I paid for comfort+ seats so at least we would be assured seats together. Sucks but it's a fact of life. In general it's best to book early if you can so that you can select seats together.