Originally Posted by Redeemed

Was really looking forward to getting to check out the PE seats on the ORD-FCO flight this weekend which I was able to reserve as MCE with paying the appropriate fee about a month ago. I believe AA hadn't officially sold them as PE yet as the completion date of the aircraft updating was uncertain. Seat assignments still showed in row 7 yesterday. Today I saw we had been relocated to non MCE seats. I called to inquire about the move and especially about losing the MCE seats which we had paid for. I was put on hold while the "seats department" was contacted. I was then told that we had to be moved due to a "medical accommodation". We were reassigned into MCE seats- just not in the PE mini-cabin. So an MCE specific seat selection is not a sure thing- which doesn't make sense since there is variable pricing even amongst MCE seats. I wonder how AA determines who to bump from their seats?