Originally Posted by
UAFAM
On most domestic flights (737 and A320s), non-rev passengers are typically assigned seats in 21B, 21E, or 20B, 20E. Lately, I've been avoiding selecting window or aisle seats in the exit row because I know for sure that the gate agent will assign a non-rev to sit next to me, even though the middle seats in all the other Economy Plus rows in front of me are left empty.
Often, there are even window/aisle seats available in the economy cabin beyond row 21, but the gate agents continue to place non-revs in the exit row middle seats.
For the past few years, NRSA seats are usually auto assigned by the computer just like CPU’s. If the GA starts the process early enough (usually on lightly loaded flights) then we can manually change to any open seat on the app just like any non-BE revenue customer.
To the OP…you are welcome to get a job tossing bags on the ramp at O’Hare in below freezing weather. Then you too could enjoy taking your pick of whatever leftovers UA has to offer and spend hours sleeping on the floor while you get left behind on multiple flights trying to get home.