Originally Posted by
drewguy
The list ordering can sometimes be a mystery, but if you pair child with parent, you're likely to appear with you and and your spouse x, x+1, with minis x+2 and x+3 (probably you first if you booked tickets and have lowest ticket number). So I would align seats with that in mind (i.e., put first likely upgrader in "worse" seat.)
So depending on what you want to end up with, I would put yourself in middle, spouse either in window or far-side aisle and two kids in what's left. Then you will either end up losing a middle first, which is easy to take from any other of the seats, then with two aisles, or window/aisle and can trade as needed. Obviously with two upgrade your spouse will take a child up front.
Of course, as golds this is probably all academic - the open F seats will go to GS/1K with plus points applied on a refundable fare, if they aren't purchased first.
thanks. yes I guess assuming people will trade thats the best plan. I am now juts thinking ahead for future bookings not this flight. Not messing with it and yes based on past experience I would probably put the mrs upfront…
last time I failed to give the now mrs tht the only UG was a LAS- EWR… and I never lived it down… note I did “offer” the seat in F to her, but not directly, I asked if she planned to drink… when when said no, I took it as drinks were free up there… needless to say I was not in good standing when I ran warm cookies back to her and ironically my seat mate was also an UG and his wife was next to my now wife in the first row of E+ with an empty middle so they were not that badly off.