Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
What's "next in line"? First to request or status? If I was a GS, I'd be peeved if were the former.
1) A GS who bought his ticket 3 days before the flight and is stuck in a middle seat in back because F is sold out, or
2) Jed Clampett, who bought his cheap ticket 3 months prior and wants to move from his aisle seat to the newly alerted opened window seat.
I hope UA thinks this out before making a lot of people angry.
I'm not sure this will end up being helpful to people who currently check the seat map fairly frequently for better seats.
So, Jed Clampett got his window seat. And Molly Jones who bought a cheap ticket two months ago and had wanted an aisle seat got the alert. Molly is now in an aisle seat.
The GS is still stuck in a middle seat.
I think this is in the pilot stage right now and there will be glitches, fixes, and improvements along the way. Hopefully, UA will eventually openly publish a priority list just like the upgrade waitlist that is currently in use. And why not just use this current waitlist's priorities?