Seat Plus now also on short and medium haul
Apr 12, 2014, 9:20 am
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Hong Kong, France
Programs: FB , BA Gold
Posts: 15,552
AF policy was no seat pre-assignment in Y. It seems that AF introduces paid assignment for "good" seats. This has been criticized in this thread as a way to reduce benefits to elite+. Indeed, elite+ could not pre-assign seats at booking but could select seats in the front of the plane at OLCI.
BA policy for domestic/European flights is different. Their elite+ can pre-assign any Y seat at time of booking. I don't think that anyone pays for seat assignment (this is a feature of longhaul only).
Apr 12, 2014, 9:25 am
#17
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,514
Apr 13, 2014, 4:08 am
#19
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,514
Apr 13, 2014, 8:37 am
#20
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Hong Kong, France
Programs: FB , BA Gold
Posts: 15,552
It is somewhat different, but I am quite happy to be able to pay for an assigned seat in the front of the plane on easyjet. No hassle/stress and certainty to be among the first pax to disembark rather than at the back of the plane. In percentage terms, it is a significant portion of the total ticket cost, but for a few euros I truly enjoy it
Apr 13, 2014, 12:54 pm
#21
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,514
It is somewhat different, but I am quite happy to be able to pay for an assigned seat in the front of the plane on easyjet. No hassle/stress and certainty to be among the first pax to disembark rather than at the back of the plane. In percentage terms, it is a significant portion of the total ticket cost, but for a few euros I truly enjoy it
Apr 15, 2014, 3:39 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: ORY
Programs: Flying Blue Ivory, EasyJet Plus, Club Corsair Gold, Thalys TheCard Platinum, Navigo 1-5
Posts: 1,990
It is somewhat different, but I am quite happy to be able to pay for an assigned seat in the front of the plane on easyjet. No hassle/stress and certainty to be among the first pax to disembark rather than at the back of the plane. In percentage terms, it is a significant portion of the total ticket cost, but for a few euros I truly enjoy it
Apr 22, 2014, 6:52 am
#25
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 🇸🇬 🇭🇰 🇫🇷
Programs: Many
Posts: 4,749
Why only 4 Seat Plus available and not 6 on this A319? The window seats on row 10 are then free for all.
Next step is the famous "That is not an IT bug" picture (I am Plat and then paid 0 EUR if that matters) :
A first call to Elite Line kindly asking for 10D confirms I have the so coveted seat. One minute later I receive the BP : 12D
A second call to Elite Line informs me that cannot access the OLCI system for that flight.
Wonderful !
Apr 22, 2014, 10:21 am
#26
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,514
It works like a charm indeed :
Why only 4 Seat Plus available and not 6 on this A319? The window seats on row 10 are then free for all.
Next step is the famous "That is not an IT bug" picture (I am Plat and then paid 0 EUR if that matters) :
A first call to Elite Line kindly asking for 10D confirms I have the so coveted seat. One minute later I receive the BP : 12D
A second call to Elite Line informs me that cannot access the OLCI system for that flight.
Wonderful !
Why only 4 Seat Plus available and not 6 on this A319? The window seats on row 10 are then free for all.
Next step is the famous "That is not an IT bug" picture (I am Plat and then paid 0 EUR if that matters) :
A first call to Elite Line kindly asking for 10D confirms I have the so coveted seat. One minute later I receive the BP : 12D
A second call to Elite Line informs me that cannot access the OLCI system for that flight.
Wonderful !
Apr 23, 2014, 1:05 am
#28
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,514
Apr 23, 2014, 6:25 am
#30
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: AF/KL FB Plat ; A3 Gold ; HH Gold ; IHG Plat Amb
Posts: 2,378
Flying CDG OTP tomorrow. Seat plus are not implemented on this A321, they show available to all. A friend (no status) got 9F automatically with auto-checkin (he has a connecting flight to CDG) whereas I still could not check-in for my flight yet. When I could check in, I was assigned a seat on row 25 or so by default, while most window seats had been preallocated to "auto check in" customers.