Originally Posted by
sbiddle
Preferred seating hasn't been an actual *G promoted benefit for quite some time. I am surprised NZ still offer it when they don't need to.
Even UA used to let *G select reasonable seats and would often give Economy Plus at Premier Access of your asked. Now you're lucky if you get something that's not at the very back..
Though had a nice UA gate agent who put me on a different fight due to plane going tech. Got given a seat down back, she went that's no good and found very front row of ecomny cabin behind first bulkhead in a window seat

so find the right person