PDXPremier

My wife and I pick the window and aisle and if there is a middle person they always take the window when we offer it to them except for ONE time on Valentine's Day from SEA-PHL....the lady for whatever reason didn't want to move (as was her right) although it was still surprising....we talked over her and passed things back and forth, but not TOO much

wolf72

She wanted to stay warm with both of you on either side of her _

thegingninj

I'm more than a little shocked at the number of people against the OP's position here. I'd be pissed if this happened to me. Gaming the system? Are you kidding?

PDXPremier

+1 ^

BRITINJAPAN3

but...sometimes the vehicle is lost or damaged and you have no claim, in this case I feel sorry for the OP, I would be pissed, however AS have the right even if many say they dont.

BRITINJAPAN3

No,not policy, but one instance where they decided for reasons not one person here is aware of, to act as per their rights and make an extremley minor change for one passenger.

Thats me done, I understand not best for PR but you would have to assume that they KNOW this and decided for operational reasons this was the best course of action

Eujeanie

No, I think they were full and randomly decided to move the aisle rather than the window, instead of asking the OP. Or...maybe when they assigned the new passenger, that person said "I'd prefer the aisle"...

dmodemd

Is it possible that the person assigned to that aisle seat had an aisle seat in another row and was moved in order for a family to sit together and they wanted to be able to keep her in an aisle seat?

I understand the concern of not being consulted but I do see it very busy right before boarding and all the shuffling around may not allow time to inform everyone of what is going on.

I was bumped out of exit row aisle to window no-recline a couple weeks ago the day before the flight with no notification. AS has problems in this area for sure.

AS Flyer

I don't see the problem with this at all. I see this exact same scenario play out on nearly every flight I'm on. Typically, the person that was given the middle seat is happy because they'd rather have a window than a middle. If the person that got the middle seat prefers to keep the middle seat there isn't much they could do. It's not as though they're inconveniencing anybody, they just tried to score a row alone together - which rarely happens these days.

To the OP - I would write AS. I don't think the agent should have relocated you simply to move another passenger without first consulting you. What happens if you simply wanted an aisle and a window? It's your prerogative.

Jenn0625

Having never flown AS before do you get to select your seats in basic economy when you book/pay for you tickets or do you have to wait to do that online at check in 24 hrs before you flight? Does this same procedure work if you pay extra for a preferred seat or F class seat? I don't know why but I assumed with all tickets you picked your seat when you buy your ticket and that is that...again just my assumption though and not knowing how this airline works.

missamo80

Alaska doesn't have basic economy, one of may reasons why Alaska is better than the big three

All passengers can pre-select a seat at time of booking, although some premium seats may have an upcharge depending on your (lack of) status.

Neil

ctporter

You can select a basic economy seat at the time of booking without having to have status or pay a fee to select a seat. If you opt to purchase a premium economy or first class seat you may also select your seat at the time of purchase. Alaska rarely moves passengers without calling them up to the podium to ask the passenger if they will move to accommodate a family or other need, either while at the airport or by phone ahead of time.

Jenn0625

Ah. Sorry this is all new to me thank you for clarifying. So no matter what ticket class I purchase I will be able to select my seat at that time and it should stay my seat, with no additional seat selecting when I check in at 24 hrs....and no seat bumping for the most part? Thank you for answering my questions.

jinglish

At booking you can pick any seat you want, except Premium Class or, on planes that don't have Premium yet, the seats from the front of coach to the exit row; they're reserved for elites and passengers on refundable fares. It's possible that at booking you can wind up with a completely full rear end of the cabin and won't actually be able to pick a seat. But those seats (i.e., "preferred" but not Premium) open to everyone at T-24, and before I had status I had a lot of success grabbing window seats in that part of the cabin at checkin time.

And yeah, you can generally expect seats choices to be honored--the complaints around here are mostly from elites who select row 6 or an exit row in the old config but get "upgraded" to a middle Premium seat when it turns out their plane has the new configuration.

Jenn0625

Gotcha! Just wanted to make sure I understood. We normally fly Southwest so I was hoping there would be more confirmation on where I sit prior to 24 hours out (taking in consideration what you said about preferred/elite reserved) with Alaska as compared with Southwest, if that makes sense lol!