Originally Posted by
findark
They were running 3-class 772s for a while in 2016-17, and there was an automatic CPU process for GS only, and the GAs could op-up lower elites at the gate. I made the mistake of ending up on a flight with 22 GS. As a lowly 1K on a P fare, I did not rate
It was 2016 and that is not how it worked. The seats in F were assigned by someone in marketing who was targeting... well I have no idea who they were targeting. You could not buy a seat in first and you could not apply an upgrade from biz. As a GS who ended up in the 8-abreast J, I wrote an email over inflight wifi to GS saying I thought the policy was ridiculous and my next 15k in airfare was going to another airline.
123k MQMs on Delta that year.