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Nov 3, 2019, 2:21 pm

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Originally Posted by CloneCones

Maybe I assumed wrong but I thought the standby acted similar to upgrade where most of the time the #1 on the list gets the best seat. Which in this case they did since they got a comfort plus.

But I was number 2 as a diamond and I got stuck in a middle in the back. While 5 others got aisle or window, obviously not sure of their status or fare class. None of them are exit so that rules that out.

Am I just ignorant to the standby rules?

This was a last minute booking on a crowded flight so I wasn't expecting really anything. Thankfully it's a short flight but still slightly disappointed in a middle...

Were you actually booked (confirmed) onto the flight or going standby? If you're confirmed, you should be eligible for upgrades to FC or "upgrades" to C+ if available. Otherwise, GAs just tend to assign seats in the easiest way possible, although you might have done better if you had asked nicely for a window or aisle, or a seat toward the front if possible. Of course another hypothesis is that those getting windows and aisles were non revs and the GA was looking out for his/her own.

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