I'm Gold, and I just did it yesterday! Booked two reward tix SNA-EWR-STT on CO's half-mileage sale. And being that all four aircraft are 73G's, I reserved my favorite 14F on all segments. The agent mentioned that that was an exit row, and asked if we were "exit row qualified," to which I said, "Yes!"
This is where all those bonus miles I got for suffering in Economy on the return from HKG last Feb. are beginning to pay off!
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In Economy...no one can hear you scream!