jsloan - while this is clearly a case of YMMV and I dont think we need to revisit this since I have mentioned it previously as an ongoing issue, but over the past few months, I have taken several trips (including to/from HI) in which I was willing to pay to sit up front, but at the time of booking - typically 1-3 weeks out - nothing was available. This trend continues with some of the flights that I am looking at taking into late October.

-m