Originally Posted by SWAFA

I don't even ask.

If I get the message on ConnectX that the last passenger has boarded and there are plenty of open seats.... I start telling passengers they can move as long as they are in the same "zone" of seats.

If the last row is full and the row before it is completely empty... I'm sorry.... I am not asking ops for permission to move people to that empty row.

A 30+ year flight attendant here who has flown on plenty of other airlines.... I will always defer to what they told us in training: "Use your common sense and good judgement."

That seems to be lacking these days.