jor689

I don't care if it's an exit row, just not the last row but will B3 get me an aisle seat (assuming the flight is sold out?)

FindAWay

Most flights, yes IME. Bit a lot of additional factors would help.

-originating or through flight?
-route? (To/from MCO with a lot of families? , etc.)
-time of day?
Etc.

rsteinmetz70112

Even assuming the flight is sold out you should get and aisle unless there are an insane number of through passengers.

nineworldseries

Nobody can tell you this for sure. It is likely that you get an aisle? Yes.

jor689

it's from ALB (albany, ny) to LAS (las vegas)....tomorrow,friday, at 3pm

rove312

That flight originates at ALB, so no thru pax: you should be fine.

sleasure

Agree - you're probably good. There 23 or so rows of seats depending on the aircraft, so that gives you 46 aisle seats on the plane. Other than preboards, there "could" be 60 A-group boarders but many will grab the front and a good portion will grab windows (and, of course, the exit row.) Next is family and a-list boarding, and the families will group together (i.e., only one or two aisle seats, along with window and center seats for the kids.) So, at B3, while it's mathematically possible you could miss an aisle, it is highly unlikely.

Enjoy your aisle seat!

jor689

Wanted to let you know that B3 got me an aisle seat, but barely. There were only a couple of aisle seats left.

steved5480

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Doc Savage

Almost certainly. If you are very lucky, you might even get aisle exit.

sleasure

Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for the update!

jor689

not quite....pretty much the first few rows were all full, about 2 or 3 aisle seats left and there weren't any exit row seats available for a B3.

wvactions

Had a flight tomorrow which I had purchased EB for myself and wife on CP. Needed to change to earlier flight so I called and got BS for myself since it was only a few dollars more and will get extra points and free drink. Wife, on CP, will not get an A1-15, but I asked how her EB transfers. Will it be the date EB was purchased or the date of the new flight. Agent told EB is determined by Fare paid starting with the highest. Never new that. Always assumed it was based on the date/time of purchase. I can OLCI in a few minutes so will report back on CP pass number.

rsteinmetz70112

The agent simplified the process. I think Early Boarding is assigned first by fare type then by date of purchase within the fare type. First AT fares in order of Early Boarding purchase, then everyone else in order of Early Boarding purchase.

djp98374

After sorting out by status, EB usually is by fare class/amount paid than by when you bought EB or when you bought the ticket.

I experimented a few time on flights with me and my gf when we were under different reservations where I paid a slightly different fare buck than her, or I did EB and she didnt. Another time her child was traveling with us where I paid they were on pts with my gf EB and her daughter T24 check in.

From hearing other stories on here---One posting I heard about someone who flew a regular route and having status he would always get A16---then someone else joined this route and seemed to bump him to A17. the only explanation was probably fare paid that got him ahead. He had long planned out travel like a project where he was traving Monday morning for about 10 weeks strait thus flights booked well in advance.