Originally Posted by
Flying for Fun
Equipment swap? Did you call AS and ask why?
James
Originally Posted by
jjmadison
How far out is the flight? My guess would be there was some sort of refresh of the seatmap which triggered resetting of where saver seats are. If you were previously in a row that became non-saver, the system could have placed you in the back. Interested to hear what they tell you when you call in.
One of those flights is Feb. 9, the other Feb. 22.
1. This is the thread I mentioned earlier. And I should have called it Outrageous Seat **SWAP** Requests, not just Outrageous Seat Requests. Might make a difference.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...er-thread.html
2. I called Alaska, explained my question, and the agent told me the types of reasons she knows of while a Saver seat might get moved: air marshall, child traveling alone that the FAs want to keep closer by, valid need to keep two flyers together (e.g. medical issue or something like that), and equipment change. There may be others, but those are the ones she could think of.
3. But here's what now even more baffling: My Seats Changed **Again**. Those 32Bs are now 30Bs. Still middle seats, but two rows up. Yes, I'm sure. It's like wack-a-mole with Saver seating assignments back there.
Adding to the Saver mystique: I had a Saver reservation without a seat assignment this past weekend. At the gate, I ended up assigned to 11F, window right behind Premium Economy.
So sometimes you eat the b'ar and, well, sometimes the b'ar eats you.