Originally Posted by
smartytravel
Does it mean that Elites are no longer able to select regular seats free of charge?
Nothing says this is changing so I would expect it to remain as-is.
And, there will no longer be an option to purchase a comfort seat for a reduced fee?
It seems as if the discount is indeed gone, replaced with it being free 72 or 24 hours before departure. Meaning if you want to be *sure* of a good seat, esp. as Silver, you must now pay full price.
On short-haul flights, for Gold the seats become free at around the same time they're even made available at all so this shouldn't be too much of a problem but for long-haul flights with fixed comfort sections I don't know. Silver might find themselves out of luck a lot.