Originally Posted by
canadiancow
Once again making things worse for SEs who buy high fares at the last minute.
Or arguably for anyone who buys high fares at the last minute.
FWIW, the POT article says "including Basic" for SE.
AC doesn't have the preferred seat sections that can accommodate this the way UA does.
There's what... a dozen preferred seats on most widebodies? The widebodies that operate numerous flights within North America...
As someone who buys last minute Lat fares more often than I should, it is really frustrating when there's nothing remotely available (and this happens now). I guess preferred seat availability is going to get a worse on domestic flights.