Originally Posted by Abstract1
Ok will check that out...thanks. There were 5 rows before though and now there are 4 so i reckon that guy may have just been put in 1E automatically.
Exactly. It is very unlikely that any would choose a centre seat (even bulkehead) when there are other rows open. This is the crappy seat allocation system at work - the same one which ALWAYS allocates us the back row EF seats in CE on booking even when the entire cabin is open!