Originally Posted by
Howard Long
To satisfy my curiosity, has this policy changed in recent times? I'm thinking particularly about the days of the 744 where it wasn't possible for me to have my partner (silver) take the adjacent seat in row 1, so we typically took 2A/2K, 1A/2A or 1K/2K when booking, moving to 1A/1K at T-72 in the there was still availability..
1A/K was reserved for gold on the 747 where there was F available. Not sure the block applies to row 1 for aircraft with no F installed.
A few years back, I had booked SAN-LHR after the 747s were retired, so SAN lost F and I was booked in J. The aircraft at the time of booking was a 4 class 777, with the F cabin showing blocked and not for sale. Half on the off chance that F would be offered for sale again, or perhaps FLUB would occur, I set an EF alert for 1A/K. A few months before the flight, EF sent an alert and I thought “too early for FLUB”, so F must be back. Nope. Switched to an A350 without F, so J only and 1A/K were available for selection.