Originally Posted by
WillBarrett_68
yeah you're not ever going to get a phone agent to tell you why it happened, it just does sometimes and you'll hear people here just make up all sorts of wild theories. it doesn't really matter, once this happens the chances you get a phone agent to change it back are very, very near zero
I did actually call. The agent had no record of my seat being changed, but first hypothesized it could have been due to the schedule change (there was a trivial schedule change of like 10 minutes), and then said maybe Air France might have had something to do with it (it is a Delta itinerary booked with Delta, with a connection to AF at CDG). She also said there is really no kind of "standby" kind of thing she could do for me to put me in one of my preferred seats should one open up. She suggested to just keep monitoring the seat map in case something opens up, and check with the gate agent on travel day.
I don't blame the agent for this. But it would be nice if involuntary seat changes are made by the airline, some sort of a note explaining it would be nice. Though if it is because of a disabled passenger, I suppose it might be some kind of HIPAA violation or would be deemed to be insulting to the disabled passenger or something. Because everyone is sensitive these days.