Originally Posted by
Xandrios
They will never be able to fill 6-9 rows with paid seat selections. So they will have to 'upgrade' people if the flight is even 2/3rds full. Will they do that for Golds first? Why not just allow Golds to pre-select their seats for free from the start...they will have to upgrade people anyway.
Judging by KLM's modus operandi, it's just the last people to check in that will get these seats.
But even KLM gives these seats for free to top tier elites.