Originally Posted by
bocastephen
This generally rings hollow when UA GAs "upgrade" BE or standby customers into E+ seats, often exit rows beside premium customers, at the gate. I would be more interested in a holistic approach that not only prevents assignment of E+ seats to ineligible customers, but also prevents GAs from assigning any E+ seat until every E- seat has been assigned, then continues to block seats beside GS/1K members until those seats are absolutely needed to accommodate everyone.
So basically the United process in the late 2000s (though back then, I’m pretty even 1P had seat blocking

).