Originally Posted by
Liberty
I think the preboard was a pretty cool courtesy from the ops agent for you. It's a party foul to take the exit row. It's true that preboards cannot sit there. In addition to that, they are highly desired seats amongst paying passengers. You'll never see a company guy sit there on a commute, dead head, or non-rev.
I had no idea people paid extra to do that. I just recently have started to JS on Southwest. Our agents at AA usually give us the exit row if it’s open, but we have assigned seats. I guess I wasn’t thinking about the open seating concept. Thanks for the heads up so I do t screw up again.