Unless you are elite or higher fare like y,b fare, "most aisle seats" have a cost associate with it. However, it will free up during check-in, also, more often than not, exit row will be assigned to non elite (which supposedly higher "seat cost")
I would not consider it as upgrade just like mce, and I feel FA has right to do so, within their power as long as within the same cabin, no?
While probably happening everyday, havent heard anyone brag about change from a middle seat "upgrade" to an aisle seat.
OP got "upgrade" (in his word, lucked out)within the cabin before flight start, no one else should be "upgraded" after??
Last edited by Fly2Where; Nov 19, 2017 at 11:05 pm