FWIW, for years I traveled exclusively WN, on mostly BS fares but occasionally not and then would get very low A's being AL+.
I was obsessed with getting any exit row seat as a bit of claustrophobia set in and I would line up behind the (generally few) BS passengers and stroll right up behind them
Only once did a GA pull me aside with a dirty look until the other 3 or 4 A'ers went ahead. Think of a sassy nurse type in Chicago. Otherwise no one blinked an eye or cared.
I was always amazed at how many BS or early A's never go anywhere near the exit row.
Don't you judge me.
