Originally Posted by
SamirD
Makes sense, although the first leg we were in MCE without asking for any type of seat assignment (auto-assignment). I think if the MCE seats are the last left, you can still get them with BE, but not by asking. I think the only thing you can gain by asking is changing the seats--up to their discretion of course.
I could be wrong but an agent can only re-assign a BE fare to any of the free seats available. So if a free window or aisle seat became available the agent could switch. However the kicker I think would be that all Main Cabin paxs have a seat assignment.