Originally Posted by dontsurf

this kind of thing happens all the time. i would seriously doubt there are rules against it. they'll clear people out of order, usually their flight attendant or ao buddies, as long as everyone is getting seats. it happened to me 2 days ago. i was the only s4w, and i got a middle seat right next to an s4x that was below me on the check in page. kind of hard to hide that one. but she was small and so was the girl in the window seat, so i had plenty of room. but i also knew i couldn't complain about it.