Flying Blue (Air France, KLM, and Other Partners) - OLCI Error "ASE: Seat Pending"

I'm trying to check in for AF 7 tomorrow and I am getting an error with Online Check-In where I cannot check in for the first segment due to "ASE: Seat pending" and ASE shows where my seat (91B) should be showing. I've never before had an issue like this.

Anyone ever seen this? Any idea what this is all about?

Maybe the flight is overbooked and you are in the short list for upgrade but they will finalise the upgrade list shortly before closing of check-in depending on other factors (no-shows due to very likely misconnection, etc).

Maybe the flight is overbooked and you are in the short list for upgrade but they will finalise the upgrade list shortly before closing of check-in depending on other factors (no-shows due to very likely misconnection, etc).

That's probably it. Whenever this happened to me I had an upgrade 1 times out of 2.

That happened to me once in a JNB-CDG flight. I was travelling with friends who managed to OLCI without any problem and, because none of them had status, I thought I'd be op-upped (as I had been in the inbound flight). However, that wasn't the case in the end as the flight had a loadfactor of less than 50% in Y. And at the airport the check-in agent couldn't explain to me why that had happened.

That happened to me once in a JNB-CDG flight. I was travelling with friends who managed to OLCI without any problem and, because none of them had status, I thought I'd be op-upped (as I had been in the inbound flight). However, that wasn't the case in the end as the flight had a loadfactor of less than 50% in Y. And at the airport the check-in agent couldn't explain to me why that had happened.

Hum. Once again we can confirm that it's futile to find any sort of system or pattern linked to upgrades! :D

Hum. Once again we can confirm that it's futile to find any sort of system or pattern linked to upgrades! :D

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I find that if you wear a suit it is a pretty sure fire way to get an upgrade... it never actually happened to me, but a friend of mine knows someone who's brother travels regularly and he swears by it... positively. Or something like that.

Anyway guys, wear a suit, that's the answer. It's obvious really, I mean....all those business class people wear suits up front.

I find that if you wear a suit it is a pretty sure fire way to get an upgrade... it never actually happened to me, but a friend of mine knows someone who's brother travels regularly and he swears by it... positively. Or something like that.

Anyway guys, wear a suit, that's the answer. It's obvious really, I mean....all those business class people wear suits up front.

This is really rubbish, it is one of those I know someone that knows someone stories with 0% of truth in it (probably somone got upgraded once and the airline agent joked it was because of his suit) ;)

By the way, suits are pretty rare in C class, except on those intra-European flights with pax going to meetings for the day.

Maybe the flight is overbooked and you are in the short list for upgrade but they will finalise the upgrade list shortly before closing of check-in depending on other factors (no-shows due to very likely misconnection, etc).

Also rubbish :)

Can you imagine if you don't get that upgrade, they will have to put you as frequent flyer in that last middle seat all the way back in the plane......

Can you imagine if you don't get that upgrade, they will have to put you as frequent flyer in that last middle seat all the way back in the plane......

I can... "Sorry, that IS possible!" :D

Also rubbish :)

Can you imagine if you don't get that upgrade, they will have to put you as frequent flyer in that last middle seat all the way back in the plane......

Not necessarily :)... Your initial allocated seat could be put on hold in case an upgrade is/was not necessary and you would not be relocated to a different seat.

This is really rubbish, it is one of those I know someone that knows someone stories with 0% of truth in it (probably somone got upgraded once and the airline agent joked it was because of his suit) ;)

By the way, suits are pretty rare in C class, except on those intra-European flights with pax going to meetings for the day.

There used to be some truth in the statement that a suit would get you closer to an upgrade BUT that was many years ago.

An ex of mine was an air-hostess (working for a quite large airline in Europe) and I was always told to wear proper nice clothes as this would opt our chances for an upgrade when flying on staff tickets on other airlines than the one she worked for. Unfortunately, I was a very poor student at the time and couldn't afford the USD 100 Europe - New York return it cost on staff tickets (only used it once or twice tbh) and always ended up in a half empty Y so never experienced it actually happening... :(

Without question, dressing up these days have no impact :p

I find that if you wear a suit it is a pretty sure fire way to get an upgrade... it never actually happened to me, but a friend of mine knows someone who's brother travels regularly and he swears by it... positively. Or something like that.

Anyway guys, wear a suit, that's the answer. It's obvious really, I mean....all those business class people wear suits up front.

I would rather take it as a sign as the people traveling on business have their ticked booked with a BlueBiz account or something like that and that their companies brings a lot of revenue to the airline so the airline sometimes recognizes the revenue stream with an OPup.

It's not a suit. Apparently, all that is required is your wits, and $100 (http://www.ehow.com/how_4581013_upgraded-firstclass-seating.html) :D

I was prevented from printing my boarding pass on a BA flight LHR to DEN but my husband and children could print their passes. I hoped it was an upgrade (which I would have had to decline to be with my family) but unfortunately it was because I had been selected for additional security checks (it did mean I was first on the plane though).

ASE (attente siège) means that you're checked in and guaranteed a seat on the flight but that you didn't have a specific seat reservation and all unclaimed seats in your class of service are either reserved by those who haven't checked in yet or blocked.
Generally 10 minutes before the flight closes, if necessary to free up seats for the ASE passengers, the flight lead will upgrade according to the priority list, then SAC (seat acceptance) the flight, automatically giving seats to the ASEs.
Being ASE actually means nothing as far as getting an upgrade is concerned, unless you're high up on the priority opup list already for another reason.

Well, in fact I didn't find out what that meant. When I checked in, my reserved seat was still available, and when I got to the gate, I was upgraded to a lie-flat seat. 50DEFG :D

Agent was really nice and blocked the seats next to me and I slept quite well, albeit in coach. ^