Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
I was once asked by a GS agent to switch seats for GS on an A320 First Class transcon -- from my preferred aisle bulkhead seat to a window seat a row back. So he could sit with his wife. Normally I'm not keen to switch but for some reason I did. After the switch the GS agent came back and said "thank you" and that they would be depositing 10,000 miles in my account.
Not really the the same though.
A request to sit next to a loved one is quite different than someone wanting to swap because their seat is broken.