Originally Posted by
kitkat77
I would have hoped that a Red Coat already knew this.
Heck, I offered up my seat last week and the GA immediately preemptively booked me on the next flight (showed up in my app before I sat back down). Even though I was told to board, and did, he didn't release it until we were taxiing for takeoff.
However they had a passenger name to hold one for in your case. In OP case, the RC didn't know who would be willing to volunteer to place holds for.