Originally Posted by s274

(3) I decided to check the AA site again, and - somehow - it now allowed me to change seats/pay for seats. This configuration was not an option to me hours prior to this, and I wonder if the AA agent adventantly or inadvertently ‘opened up’ the seat map for me. I was able to get 4 seats together/middle 4 for MXP-JFK, and I paid about $250 to get 3 seats together adjacent to another aisle seat for JFK-LAX. How exactly did the seat map open up when there were no options to even pay more for seats prior to this? This I don’t truly have an answer for ...