Originally Posted by RealHJ

It appears to be a recent practice of JL: blocking all the preferable seats (all window and front seats) in business cabin for award tickets. The better seats are only available for revenue tix, not award. I have noticed that also over the last few months.

Originally Posted by lincoln boy

I don't know if this applies to all biz seats but last month I booked NRT-SIN (777-200 Sky Suite III) and was able to select one of the window seat. So perhaps this is aircraft dependent? Either way it is annoying.