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Old Dec 5, 2019 | 9:16 am
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
They're blocked from pre-assignment by the airline, likely for use for passengers on basic economy fares (or who for other reasons don't have advance seat assignments), so that the airline can still ultimately seat families together.
I forget, are some of them also potentially crew rest for FAs on aircraft that don't have enough dedicated space for it?
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