Donalds_best_pal
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Right there is nothing special about those seats. Also yes they are reservered for reasons such as handicap person, unaccompanied minor. But if you are a skyteam elite member they will let you have those seats, thats why they dont show up when booking unless you are logged in and are skyteam elite. Its not trying to make us feel nice that they reserved them for us, its good because people like the front so they can get off sooner so they allow only elite members to book them or people with special reasons. Thats allpumpkinboy said:I know for a fact that the first row (1a, 1b, 1c, 2e, 2f, 2g) is reserved for folks with Mobility Impairments, and even if you are reserved in it, you can be asked to move to make way for someone who needs it.
DS is wheelchair-bound, so we call and get DS and myself assigned to those first row seats every flight. DW and DD have to stay back in the regular seating, but we have always reserved early enough that they are never further back than row 6. Frequently, we can get them bumped up to the row behind us.
Other folks for whom those seats get saved are unaccompanied minors, whom the Flight Attendants need to keep an eye out for.
But there is nothing really special about rows 2, 3 and 4. They are not particularly better seats. But if they want to make elite level folks feel nice by telling them they have saved them some special seats, that's fine. But the main purpose is to reserve spots for disabled passengers and unaccompanied minors.
Matt