Originally Posted by
clubord
I’ve flown EWR/JNB, EWR/CPT, EWR/DEL dozens of times each.
J seat is blocked, I assure you. It has to be available to legally fly that segment.
Thing is about those flights, most of us never use the seat because both legs are long, overnight flights. We’re all pretty tired and are able sleep well in the bunks.
EWR/NRT is a tough one to sleep on for us because it leaves in the morning. Not really tired at 1030am so we’re more likely to use the J seat on that flight than the others I listed above.
I cannot speak of the flights from SFO and how those are augmented. Not based there and am
just unfamiliar with that flying.
For EWR-JNB/CPT, which seat is blocked? I thought it would have been 1A if any, but that one isn't showing as blocked, and I can select it as a passenger. I have flown 1L at least twice (have nice cards from the pursers to help me remember
), and I thought both times there was a revenue passenger in 1A, although I suppose I could easily mistake what's going on across the aisle.
EWR-NRT is a 772, for which I am accustomed to seeing 1A blocked (and sometimes crew using).
Not contesting your expertise of course, just trying to square my recollections and observations.