Having not retained Silver this year and with my overall flying with Qantas declining over the last few years for business reasons, I wondered why I always seem to get allocated row 1 when flying J. Also when flying Y I get the exit rows quite a bit.

I have just returned from a trip to Perth (using FF points) flying PER-MEL-SYD where I was 1A & 1J. The PER-MEL leg was full and although MEL-SYD was only half full surely there were regular flyers on their with higher status than myself.

Anyone have any ideas why I get allocated these seats. Is it just one of those unexplained Qantas mysteries. Not that I am complaining of course

Cheers,
Russell