Originally Posted by Japhydog
Well, probably not. I'm AA ExPlat and was traveling on an AONE5 with preassigned seats (through AA) in row 1. LAN switched me to row 5.
Yes, it happens, and it is not nice; you were -probably- pushed back to make room for a Comodoro (LAN's version of an AA EXP). If that was the reason then it is hard to be too critical of an airline that looks after its own as well as LAN does for its Comodoros.