Originally Posted by notquiteaff

As a Gold I have this year been on several flights where the only choice for me was a middle PC seat. One of the reasons why I decided that I wouldn’t spend a lot of money renewing Gold (instead burned more miles on award travel). I think I spent more time in exit row than in PC.

So if they do have open PC seats at T-24, why would they not try to sell them at a discount, especially if the alternative might be to give them to Basic Economy passengers who don’t have seat assignments? Perhaps to avoid pissing off (*) passengers who paid more? Or technical limitations?

(*) I assume language used in congressional testimony is acceptable here; if not, apologies and mods, please edit