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Check-in / Boarding Seats reassigned and not even together?

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Nov 26, 2011, 8:08 PM

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Seats reassigned and not even together?

We booked our tickets (SFO-PHL) on Expedia and seat numbers were assigned which I double checked usairways website and it reflected what expedia was showing us.

Our seat numbers were changed and not even together when we checked in at the counter with the worst middle seats assigned far apart despite our reservation being on the same ticket. It is not like there were lots of people with children on board. The lady at the counter gave a lame excuse that expedia seat numbers were not valid. What kind of stupid excuse is that? The USAirways website also showed the same seat numbers. I'm struggling to understand why our seat numbers were changed for the other passengers.

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