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Originally Posted by emcampbe (Post 30989466)

Are you suggesting there is a seat blocking policy for higher elites, or there should be? If the former, can you direct us on here to it?

There *should be*

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Originally Posted by BF263533 (Post 30987799)

Many were moved on GUM-HNL to the point .E+ was more crowded than E.

Recently I asked the FA if I could move from my assigned 21A to 20F because a standby passenger got 21B & this would permit 21B to take 21A and me to have an empty 20E next to me. FA said yes. Standby passenger in 20B started yelling at me until the other passengers in my original row came to my defense. United should get a handle on unruly rogue standbys.

Why would someone in 20B care about what is happening across the aisle in 20F?

Could the FA be moving people forward for weight and balance, on a small aircraft?

The automated system in Aero assigned the standby seats from front to back. That order often doesn't make sense so an agent can do it manually, instead.

The one time this year that I almost had an empty seat next me ...

737-900 - I am in 20A, 20B is empty, and 20C has a guy in it. As boarding is nearly complete, Mr 20C stops a flight attendant and asks "My wife is sitting in the back of the plane, can she move up here to this empty seat?" Flight attendant replies "There would be an upgrade charge." Mr 20C appears to balk at that idea and sort of waves the flight attendant off. The door closes and the flight attendant returns and asks "What seat is your wife in?" Mr 20C replies "36C". Flight attendant goes to the back and moves "wife" to the no longer empty 20B. No payment appears to be made as this all happens in just a few seconds.

Mr 20C and Mrs 20B seem to know each other and talk off and on through the flight.

During the flight, a kid comes up and talks to the lady in 20B. Mr 20C ignores the kid entirely and the kid ignores him in a way that makes me think they don't know each other.

At the end of the flight, Mr 20C bails out without exchanging words with Mrs 20B and heads for the door. Mrs 20B scoots back in her seat to let me out and says to me "I am going to wait for my kids who are sitting in the back, so go past me." I exit the plane and observe Mr 20C far down the concourse heading toward baggage claim at a good pace leaving Mrs 20B and her kids behind.

This all makes it appear like 20B and 20C were not married, and 20C lied to the flight attendant in his successful attempt to get his friend moved up for free.

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 30990336)

Could the FA be moving people forward for weight and balance, on a small aircraft?

I realize it’s not a 747, but don’t think SFO-SIN, on a 789, is considered a ‘small’ aircraft. I suppose it’s possible they’d need to do something for weight and balance on a larger aircraft, but highly unlikely.

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 30990336)

Could the FA be moving people forward for weight and balance, on a small aircraft?

I'm constantly on small aircrafts (CR2s and ERJs) and for weight and balance the pilot always ask for some volunteers from the first three rows to go sit at the back of the plane next to the toilet. No other choice, it's always the seats next to the toilet.

One time on my flight EDI-EWR, a passenger from Economy decided after 2 hours to come sit down in Row 20 (one of the Exit rows) which is in Economy+. After 30 minutes one of the FAs told him to go back to his seat.