Originally Posted by
jmhayes
Ok, but I had three swaps before this schedule change; it was a 752 twice in July (I was on it both times!), and a 2-class 763 on 8/29. In each case, the gate agents claimed it was an unscheduled change and spent a lot of time switching seat assignments.
Okay, those last-minute aircraft changes are swaps. The seasonal changes and day-of-the-week aircraft variations you first described are not swaps ... they are scheduled to occur.