Last to be fed and cared for. Lines queuing past the aisle seats. We have a Mediterranean cruise coming up. It's not like there are zillions of us to handle. Air France will not book our 2 seats in advance, under any circumstances.
Rules are rules.
Delta's phone reservationist told us that there were only two seats left on the flight from Barcelona to NYC, so she was overriding the prohibition to seat us there. I called the cruise line. According to the cruise line's air deptartment, every airline maintains 40 seats for last minute bookings. No excuse for that kind of treatment. Something needs to be done to treat the paying customer with respect.