Originally Posted by
BertieBadger
Just as a minor point to your excellent explanation, it's 72 hours before the flight it kicks in. It's possible, even likely, that the system may have allocated 2 seats together at that point.
I agree that there is nothing to be concerned about, and hopefully the OP has a great flight.
Yes, 72. In my head I knew it was 3 days, but for some reason I multiplied 12 by 3, rather than 24