Originally Posted by HChrist

My main concern was about getting a decent seat before everyone else gets a seat auto-assigned at checkin. There were a bunch of good seats available when I started the process, and somewhat fewer seats available as we get closer to the departure date. Online checkin does not allow selecting a seat ime - you just get to see whatever random seat was assigned, and if you want a different one then you have to pay (which I won't be able to do). So I'll check with the gate agent, but I suspect the available seats won't be great at that point.