Originally Posted by
leoo
I had a completely opposite experience on SFO-NRT this Sunday.
Half empty flight with lots of non-revs. I was in Premium Plus seat 20A and the cabin had just a few occupied seats.
I thought 20B was going to be empty as most non-revs got Polaris seats but at the last minute (after I boarded) someone was placed there.
The woman next to me was mad because she had 20L and got kicked out of it by GA because "a couple wanted to sit together". She really wanted a window seat.
22 DEFG and several other seats (including window seats) were empty but GA decided to place her next to the only 1K in Premium Plus.
This does prompt me to remember that the elite benefit I've most often wished for is standbys cleared into adjacent seats in reverse order of status or upgrade list or the like. E.g., if you're first on the upgrade list, your adjacent seat is the last to get a standby.