Moments later, a confirmation number and seat assignment appeared on the screen.

One way those shows achieve that look is through careful seat assignments.

On the morning of our flight, those seat assignments were also gone.

The time period during which seat assignments are made in advance varies.

But they agreed that lines get long and people with no seat assignments are sometimes last.

When we arrived, the ticket agent could find no record of our seat assignments.

Right now the other players were looking at their seat assignments and finding their places to sit.

He ignored his seat assignment and found an empty row.

That means you do not need to see anyone, to buy a ticket or to change a seat assignment.

The seat assignment is now as shown in the table.