"Check-in chicken" is a strategy where travelers wait until the last minute to check in, hoping for a better seat assignment. The only guaranteed way to get a preferred seat is to pay for a seat ...

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You can't really win at the seat assignment game on a flight anymore. The best thing to do is to pay for what you want.