Originally Posted by
Gig103
On AA domestic flights in the past 18 months, booking Aisle+Window MCE seats (translation: C+) for my wife and I, more than 50% of the time there was nobody between us. Even those who qualify for free C+ at check-in don't often want a middle for a few inches of legroom. And those times someone was there, we let them keep the middle seat since we have our own personal electronic devices.
I tried this on 4 flights recently and it was a fail on all of them. Every seat was taken, including the one between us .... no loss, but definitely no open seat. (BTW, all of these flights were to/from SEA, which I believe is where the OP is)