Originally Posted by
RockinRon
"Should be" or "is" policy? One of my gripes is that when they clear standbys, they start from the front and work their way back filling empty E+ middle seats while E seats further back are empty. I've watched this happen many times when I think I'm going to have a sweet open middle seat flight and then don't. I'd love to see this as a perk for 1K/GS.
Are you sure the flight wasn't full? I can understand the procedure they use if they know they have a full flight. Why not put those highest on the standby list in E+ in those cases?