Gotta admit, I'm impressed that NWA un-Coach Choiced premium seats that had been Coach Choice before this change (especially in the forward exit rows, if I read others' reports properly) and moved them elsewhere. That makes it more likely I'll be able to get my preferred seat at booking.

While I consider the Elite-free-24hr vs. Elite-pay-36hr a pretty straight tradeoff, I admit I like the reassigning of some seats out of Coach Choice entirely. Net improvement.

Of course, it ain't the way it used to be prior to March 14. But I might as well pine over the loss of drive-in movies, original Star Trek episodes and youthful innocence.