Originally Posted by sarpotd

So UAL charges extra in the economy to get seats assigned in the front of the cabin (white with black corners.) And it seems nobody wants to pay UAL more to get seats assigned in the front leaving most of the economy seats in the front empty.

Is it ok to change to these empty seats once the door closes? This is in the same cabin so we should have the same seat pitch and same food/beverage service so none of the flight attendants should feel that the passengers were "stealing" by switching to these rows. Right now they have packed everyone like sardines in a few rows in the back. This feels like somewhere between basic economy and economy even though the ticket is economy.

What do you think?