Now Pay for exit rows - "Fly Customised"
#361
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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#362
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sydney, Australia
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#364
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
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All premium seating is supposed to be available for Koru/G/GE customers 48 hours out from departure. In practice however as a Koru member I've only been able to access emergency exit rows in my last 3 return trips rather than any of the space+ seats. I prefer 1A to the space+ anyway so settled for that!
#365
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SYD
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All premium seating is supposed to be available for Koru/G/GE customers 48 hours out from departure. In practice however as a Koru member I've only been able to access emergency exit rows in my last 3 return trips rather than any of the space+ seats. I prefer 1A to the space+ anyway so settled for that!
And, 1A is considered Space+, isn't it (on those jets with a 1A seat)?
#366
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: AKL
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I recall reading or being told that if you pay a Seat Select fee and apply a OneUp bid then the cost of the Seat Select will be taken into consideration when evaluating the bid. A quick search and I can't find mention of this anywhere, so it's possible that came from a conversation direct with Alastair Rhodes (Manager Direct Ancillary Revenue).
Of course given the designed opaqueness of the system there needn't be any correlation between what is said and what is done. No-one would be any the wiser.
Of course given the designed opaqueness of the system there needn't be any correlation between what is said and what is done. No-one would be any the wiser.
Can I submit a OneUp offer if I have bought paid Seat Select?
If you’ve purchased paid Seat Select you can still put in a OneUp offer. If you’re successful you won’t get a refund on your paid Seat Select, but the amount you have paid for paid Seat Select will be taken into account when we evaluate the OneUp offers.
#367
Join Date: Apr 2013
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1A and 1C are considered an exit row not space+ on the TT flights. They're sold as Works Deluxe seats (along with 1D and 1F, 2A and 2C and 2D and 2F) but if 1A and 1C aren't sold 48 hours prior as Works Deluxe they appear in Seat Select as an Exit Row seat which can be grabbed by anybody with status for free or $20 for anybody else.
#369
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SYD
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1A and 1C are considered an exit row not space+ on the TT flights. They're sold as Works Deluxe seats (along with 1D and 1F, 2A and 2C and 2D and 2F) but if 1A and 1C aren't sold 48 hours prior as Works Deluxe they appear in Seat Select as an Exit Row seat which can be grabbed by anybody with status for free or $20 for anybody else.
#370
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Scottsdale AZ
Posts: 727
pay for exit row on award ticket
Hi, does anyone know if I can reserve 34b or J on the 777-300 on an award ticket? took this seat last year and real comfy, but would I have to be on a paid fare to be able to buy exit row?
a bit off the topic but can I bid on Premium economy seat on an award ticket?
Thanks.
a bit off the topic but can I bid on Premium economy seat on an award ticket?
Thanks.
#371
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: SYD
Programs: OZ*G, VA Plat, NZ*G (Elite), QF Gold and PC+, Hyatt Explorist, HH Gold, Bonvoyed ("Gold")
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I bought a cheapie SYD-WLG-SYD on sale a few weeks ago (NZ842 August 2nd, NZ849 August 5th). For the first time ever, I bought Seat Only, vs my more typical Works tickets. Does that affect what seats I am able to select as an NZ gold? I'm amazed by how few 'premium' seats are available, even at extra cost, and I'm not sure if that's due to the fact I booked seat only or if it's just the way things are now.
On NZ842, Expert Flyer shows almost no seats currently preallocated, but the only ones I can choose from are:
Of course it's all a moot point, as hopefully at T-48 I'll be able to hop online and snag a decent seat then, but I'm curious to know how the system is supposed to work.
On NZ842, Expert Flyer shows almost no seats currently preallocated, but the only ones I can choose from are:
- For free: row 20 or back
- For $20: the exit rows, or 4D,5D,5E - how are these even 'priority' seats as they are not even Space+?
Of course it's all a moot point, as hopefully at T-48 I'll be able to hop online and snag a decent seat then, but I'm curious to know how the system is supposed to work.
#372
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: AKL
Programs: NZ*E, QR Plat
Posts: 366
I bought a cheapie SYD-WLG-SYD on sale a few weeks ago (NZ842 August 2nd, NZ849 August 5th). For the first time ever, I bought Seat Only, vs my more typical Works tickets. Does that affect what seats I am able to select as an NZ gold? I'm amazed by how few 'premium' seats are available, even at extra cost, and I'm not sure if that's due to the fact I booked seat only or if it's just the way things are now.
On NZ842, Expert Flyer shows almost no seats currently preallocated, but the only ones I can choose from are:
Of course it's all a moot point, as hopefully at T-48 I'll be able to hop online and snag a decent seat then, but I'm curious to know how the system is supposed to work.
On NZ842, Expert Flyer shows almost no seats currently preallocated, but the only ones I can choose from are:
- For free: row 20 or back
- For $20: the exit rows, or 4D,5D,5E - how are these even 'priority' seats as they are not even Space+?
Of course it's all a moot point, as hopefully at T-48 I'll be able to hop online and snag a decent seat then, but I'm curious to know how the system is supposed to work.
At T48 you will still not be able to obtain these seats (in my experience they have never opened up), in fact even at check in at SYD it will be difficult to get one (premium check-in at AKL or a NZ airport its been easier).
#375
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: NZ Koru
Posts: 6,411
What makes me think that the middle seat is blocked, is both ways the the middle seat was empty before T48 but the aisle seat was taken. Now the middle seat is take and the ailse is empty, surely people wouldn't get moved to a middle seat.