"" Originally posted by AndrewC:
[B]I sat in row 25 last year, when travelling on a reward ticket (I'd previously always been on paid tickets and, as a Gold holder at the time, got the forward cabin). ""

I paid for our tickets approx 4 months prior to the flight (still not been !!) and at the time I didn't have status. We got reserved seats in the front cabin, but not in the coveted rows 1-3

Rich