True or False?
 

Last week on a domestic flight, I handed the gate agent my boarding pass and Super Elite card and asked if I could get a better seat assignment. I had a full fare ticket and was in a middle seat on an A320.

The gate agent said, "that will never do" and checked the computer. She told me that she was sorry that there were only middle seats, but that she would bump me up to business class. I thanked her, but explained that I had no U/G certificates because Aeroplan had not sent me any. She said not to worry, because there were plenty of open seats and I was Super Elite. After she handed me a new boarding pass she turned to a group of deadheading AC flight attendents and said, I had to give away the seat....which one of you wants to voluteer to sit in the back?

True or False?

I would say true.

should be true

True
 

If you're a full Y, true!

I would say True.

Sounds True

According to the rules, false.

The crazy thing is that it could be either way. I have had awesome agents that changed tickets that required change fee's and said "don't worry we appreciate your business" and I have had agents that told me that I couldn't upgrade a companion till I read the rules of the voucher to them.

A real a crap shoot.

My sentiments exactly.

Sounds "too good to be true". ;)

False.

:D

I'll say false.

It would have to be false- :td:
If she said there were lots of open seats, and gave you the boarding pass, the FAs were not given the seats yet. She would simply have later given new boarding cards to the crew- except the junior.

Experience and history of past posts dictate that anything can happen, especially since agents (i.e. gate agents) do the most interesting things and are not always according to the rules.

I don't know what the exact rules are, but if a flight attendant is deadheading, my understanding is that they are not required or obligated to sit in J (? on at least domestic ?)...

I would say TRUE.

I'm guessing TRUE ---

but only because if it were false I'm sure that your post would probably be more of a complaint than quiz !! :p