Originally Posted by
RealHJ
... You must - MUST - always check your seat and recline it fully and bring it back up the moment you board. And you really need to board as soon as you can. So if the seat is broken there is enough time to dispatch for techs and try to fix it, or switch your seats....
I learned that the hard way on a D1 flight back from Europe.
I recognize that a fully reclining seat is not the only alleged benefit to D1, but with D1 requiring 4X the miles vs main cabin, (example: PHL to CDG, 442,000 miles vs 106,000 miles) a loss of recline ought to yield a hefty mileage reimbursement.