Originally Posted by
ethernal
I don't feel like this is the gate agent's call - at least not without permission of the pax. What's the point of a seat reservation if it's not honored?
Again you're missing the point that literally every passenger other than you wouldn't have picked the seat. They were most likely assigned the seat because no other was available for them at time of seat selection. The GA has no way to know you're the one person out there that actually picks the seat.