Originally posted by Punki:
SFOPremex, that is a clear violation and I sincerely think you should report it together with the flight number. If employees know that such violations will be reported whenever they are observed by passengers, they will, hopefully, hesitate to break the rules in the future.
If an employee is flying in C or F, does that necessarily mean that they were SAs? I was under the impression that employees can sometimes pre-reserved/purchase seats in C or F. An FA I spoke to told me that they could "pay extra" for a F seat.
When I flew SFO-PEK, the flight was full due to many SAs. I couldn't get into F but there were no employees there, so the 1K next to me and myself weren't that upset. The employees on that flight were divided between Y and C. And as one FA told me it sucks to be an SA flying in coach on a 777, because that means you are most likely sitting in the absolute middle seat on a 2-5-2 configuration!
Oh back to my original question: either using miles or an SWU.