Why do unavailable seats follow me on Delta
I will be flying soon on the same flight as someone I know, but we booked separately. I was hoping that we could adjust our seat selections so that we could sit next to each other, but for some reason when I select desirable rows, the available seat(s) next to me suddenly become "unavailable" (X'd out). You can see an example of two locations in the airplane where this happened below. I've never experienced this before. Why do they seem to want to hold the seat next to me, no matter where I sit?
(Note, if you are unfamiliar with Delta seat maps, the green seat is me -- I have redacted my initials for privacy)
Best Answer
Until May of this year, Delta was purposefully blocking middle seats in an attempt to reduce spread of Covid-19.
From a twitter search, it almost appears as though they're informally doing this, by perhaps selling middle seats later in the process.
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What does it mean when seat selection is unavailable?
Some airlines do not offer complimentary pre-reserved seating on all flights. If a seat map is unavailable or there are no seats to select, it means that the airline is not allowing you to select pre-reserved seat assignments.Why are some seats on flights unavailable?
An airline can make a seat unavailable simply by temporarily withholding it from the sales inventory.Does Delta Block seat next to you?
Delta Air Lines' seat blocking policy is now valid through April 30, 2021, which is a one month extension beyond the previous date of March 30, 2021. Delta's seat blocking policy includes the following restrictions: Delta will block adjacent seats in first class on domestic US flights.Does Delta randomly assign seats?
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Answer 2
You could try clearing your cache & cookies on your browser. Or using Tor with the Brave browser. That way they can't track you.
To open a Tor window in Brave, click on the hamburger in the top right of the screen & select "New private window with Tor". Be advised, you may have to jump through some hoops to get into your site (Capchas mostly), but your IP will have been routed through any number of servers to get there, so they'll have no idea who you are or what you've done on their site previously.
Good luck!
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