Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Bcause the point of Saver isn’t to actually sell it, but to dangle a low fare in front of your nose when you search for the best fare on Kayak, and then switch you to a higher fare once you have realized that you perhaps do not want to play the seat lottery?
That seems to be true on other airlines, but not AS, because AS allows you to select a seat even with basic economy.
Honestly I don't think they have figured this out yet. Just like they launched saver with the across-the-board $30 buy-ups and then quickly made changes, I expect them to play with saver seat eligibility.
The way that they currently do it, though, there isn't much chance of being in this "lottery" situation.