Originally Posted by
buckeyefanflyer
I am at the gate have agent my seat request ticket he says when we board they scan the barcode on my ticket and that will award seat. Never had that happen thought they would give me my seat when I get to the get. Well I guess I am group 1 since I have no real boarding pass.
If it says "seat request" but not "standby" then you are a confirmed pax. This is a little confusing because confirmed pax will appear on the "Standby List" and look like cleared standbys when you get an assignment.
DL has a fairly large number of seat blocks that get assigned on the day of departure, some of them at the gate. If you check the seatmap and see a blocked seat in your cabin, you can usually have this assigned to you by the gate agent if you ask nicely. Otherwise it will be done for you.