Originally Posted by
curiousexplorer
It's interesting that they didn't announce yet any changes for Platinum, so we can probably expect an announcement soon? Especially as Comfort+ seats were free for Platinum members, now they will be free for everyone, so I'm not sure that simply allowing the free options to be chosen after booking qualifies as such a big benefit in comparison versus what was before. Plus that giving away the C+ seats and paid seats will probably mean they will be full most of the time, so an even less benefit for Platinum members.
Indeed. A few thoughts - a) on B738s usually there is only one row of EC initially, once they know the number of J pax more rows are made available for EC. That usually happens a few (3?!) days before the flight -> much more competition for these seats (btw they are not free for everyone, but Gold at 3 days in advance and Plat all the time only). b) chances that as a plat you will have a middle seat free will be lowered to 0, unless you pay for it.