Originally Posted by
prometa
Instea, I think UA assigns windows to windows, then aisles to aisles, etc, leaving the middles to last. In what order they assign Polaris seats to 3-class is TBD.
Just a small data point: the [presumably] automatic seat-map re-assignment when swapping back to pmUA 3-class initially also seems to assign pilot rest seats.
Those are then blocked at a later time. So, beware of assignments to 1A or 6B...they likely won't stick.