Originally Posted by
kauppias
In practice for me around 2,5 day before the flight time. Usually I check at the end of the day. And then it has been blocked or taken.

okay Ill keep an eye out.... is it a hard block or not? Ie of course if the flight is full then I realize all seats Re game but if at 48-60hrs its blocked who can end up taking that seat? It would be a middle seat so I doubt its the most desirable seat 😀😀[/QUOTE]
it is a hard block. But the check-in or gate agent can release it if the flight is full. I overheard one time where the gate agent Saïd that the flight was full to 2 friends. But there was a probably room. But they had to wait till the checkin was closed. And they ended up taking my seat and the blocked seat while i was moved to business.