I have a business class award ticket to Europe for July. The only way to get it was thorugh connections with KLM, Alitalia & Air France.

Alitalia refuses to give me seats until I am at the gate. My first flight with them is from AMS to FCO. I will be arriving at AMS about an hour before that flight. It's an airport I've never been to and I'm a bit nervous about finding the gate (with a different airline) and actually having a business class seat waiting.

Delta told me that I have to do the seating through Alitalia. The seats on KLM and Air France were no problem. Has anyone ever dealt with this before? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Marcia