Originally Posted by
jiburi
AS 1063 JFK SEA on A321
Sun 3/17
Booked R class on dec 2018
Looks to be the classic example of A321 aircraft swap and downgrade. Originally it was scheduled to be the old VS config seating but four days prior on 3/13, got changed to newly configured with four rows of F. Got upgraded at T-30 hours and checked in at 24 hours prior. Then by midnight prior to flight, got swapped back to VS configured A321 and my seat assignment and food order now in limbo state. Doubtful ill get upgraded now. Also lost the exit row seat. The newly configured A321 iscnow headed between SFO and MCO and no way coming into JFK.
Will be interesting arriving to gate as I know at least 5 other people were assigned and upgraded into F seats and downgraded.
Jiburi
I had this happen to me a week ago on a flight from LAX-SFO. It was a righteous mess - we ended up taking a 45 minute delay because boarding was a disaster followed by the pilots needing new weight & balance calcs and departure paperwork.
Whatever you do, don't ever take row 3 or 4 on these birds as you'll be hosed in this situation. In my old UA days this would've been automatic IDB comp, but not so on AS.