Originally Posted by AJLondon
AFAIK in the past there was no difference between the seat choices available to Blue vs. Silvers. Only Gold got the additional seat choices. So it might not help in this case I'm afraid.
(Perhaps, someone else can clarify the specifics... )
It's been reported that the seatmap stays open longer if you're silver/gold - certainly, that's been my experience with recent CE bookings. I'm not sure if that applies across all cabins, though.