This is good question. The culture of premium cabin seats for non-revs seems to vary widely around the world. I would like to also hear from everyone out there how your airlines handle this.

I know that many airlines only allow economy standby (F/C/J only if Y is full), some airlines allow you to pay extra to board up front, and some (like Delta) automatically start boarding nonrevs up front and only overflow into economy when F/C/J is full (and thats regardless of what fare your ticket is issued in).

As for Asia, I have not heard if the rules or the culture is different. What does everyone else know????