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I do in fact remember, and although a jumpseater was listed as a "9H" under the NRSA system, when the agent "released" the seats they could release a seat in "first class" instead of "economy" regardless of how the person was "listed" for the flight.

Again, and I'll sound like a stuck record when repeating myself multiple times, it was completely at the agents discretion as to whether they would release the listing under a "first class vacancy" or maintain the status of the listing for the flight and issue an economy class seat instead. (READ-No specific policy saying that they couldn't, unless of course Bar comes up with something and then I'll have to eat CROW for the previous three posts of mine.) Disclaimer: Never have seen a policy saying they couldn't release a first class seat for someone listed as a 9H.

Has nothing to do with how a person was listed for the flight, but instead what the agent chose to "release for seats" when the rest of the flight had already been boarded. Hence, my receiving a first class seat multiple times when jumpseating on NWA.

GJ