Originally Posted by
SunkissedMommy
Thank you! This is very helpful. I don't have status with Delta. I figured my early morning check in time with FLL will at least let me choose two seats together. I didn't want some random stranger to be punished with sitting next to me during my panic moments, haha.
If your only concern is sitting together with a companion, you will not have an issue with 99.9% certainty. WestJet will auto-assign you seats at check-in, and these are almost always together as long you're on the same itinerary. Over many bookings, I've only ever been split from my travel companion once (even with several bookings on a Basic fare), but that was during some serious IROPs during the first weekend of the worldwide COVID panic/shutdown.
If you are able to check in at T-24 from your FLL leg, you will pretty much have free reign to choose from over 50-70%+ of the seats on the flight, and probably even have a pretty decent shot at the emergency exit row, or the forward seats in the cabin, both with extra legroom.
I wouldn't worry at all. Happy travels!