Dec 12, 2014, 4:35 pm
Last edit by: Always Flyin
7/2/2018 update (either the link or this method may die at any point):
Here's the steps for those booked Asiana flight using UA (or other) miles.
For all award trips, "Find my trip" doesn't work.
Select "Check-in" and fill the information. But not through the check-in button at the bottom of the first page. Go through "BOOK" at the top bar and then click "check-in". https://flyasiana.com/I/US/EN/CheckIn.do#none
You must have the ASIANA record locator number, which is available on the United site for your reservation.
It won't allow check-in because your travel date is too far away. But it lets us to select seats !!
Remember: between 72 and 48 hours before each flight, all good seats (front Y) are open.
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Note: Seat selection now available at time of booking, before payment.Online Advance Seat Reservation
Here's the steps for those booked Asiana flight using UA (or other) miles.
For all award trips, "Find my trip" doesn't work.
Select "Check-in" and fill the information. But not through the check-in button at the bottom of the first page. Go through "BOOK" at the top bar and then click "check-in". https://flyasiana.com/I/US/EN/CheckIn.do#none
You must have the ASIANA record locator number, which is available on the United site for your reservation.
It won't allow check-in because your travel date is too far away. But it lets us to select seats !!
Remember: between 72 and 48 hours before each flight, all good seats (front Y) are open.
======
Note: Seat selection now available at time of booking, before payment.
Online Advance Seat Reservation
Go to Reservations > Click on My Reservations > Login or Continue as Guest > Find or Enter Reservation Number > Click on Advance Seat Reservation located near the bottom of View Reservation Info screen
Asiana Seat Selection
Apr 27, 2011, 5:54 am
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 11
Asiana Seat Selection
I am scheduled to take a trip next week for work that is booked entirely through Continental, but two of the legs of the trip are actually on Asiana, codeshared on Continental. I can select my seats on the Continental website for the Continental legs, but can not find a way to get Asiana to let me do it on the Continental site or on their own site. Does anyone know of any tricks that I might have to use in order to get to select my own seat for these (much longer) legs of the trip?
Apr 27, 2011, 8:57 am
#2
Moderator: Asiana & Qantas Frequent Flyer
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: STR/SYD/SMF
Programs: QF Lifetime SG, LH HON, OZ Lifetime Diamond +, HH Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 14,367
Welcome to FT, dat209!
You are waisting your time trying to do this online. You would need to call OZ or maybe even CO to get this seat assigned.
If you would have used the search function of Flyertalk or if you would have just had a look a few threads below yours you would have found the following thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/asian...ing-seats.html
You are waisting your time trying to do this online. You would need to call OZ or maybe even CO to get this seat assigned.
If you would have used the search function of Flyertalk or if you would have just had a look a few threads below yours you would have found the following thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/asian...ing-seats.html
Apr 27, 2011, 1:04 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SAN
Programs: PR Premier Elite
Posts: 1,950
I am scheduled to take a trip next week for work that is booked entirely through Continental, but two of the legs of the trip are actually on Asiana, codeshared on Continental. I can select my seats on the Continental website for the Continental legs, but can not find a way to get Asiana to let me do it on the Continental site or on their own site. Does anyone know of any tricks that I might have to use in order to get to select my own seat for these (much longer) legs of the trip?
Apr 27, 2011, 10:51 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: ORD & MKE
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On http://us.flyasiana.com Online Seat Assignments Use your full continental e-ticket number starting with 005 (backspace out the 988 pre-filled in the form) and your name exactly as it appears on the reservation including your middle name or middle initial appended to your first name if your full middle name or middle initial is included in the reservation. Only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and only from a MS Windows PC.
Apr 28, 2011, 12:04 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,334
I hadn't been able to access seat selection for an OZ flight (new "QS" C seats yay!) until I tried what Mabuk dan gila suggested...
This too was a multi-airline itin...
In my case the ticket number (from my TA) started with 167 (?) but it all worked.
Just wasn't really sure what seats to choose.... not that a huge number were "available" anyway... went for 3A and 4A... Given the design I suspect they are all pretty much teh same.. except for 1A and 1K which look rather good!
This too was a multi-airline itin...
In my case the ticket number (from my TA) started with 167 (?) but it all worked.
Just wasn't really sure what seats to choose.... not that a huge number were "available" anyway... went for 3A and 4A... Given the design I suspect they are all pretty much teh same.. except for 1A and 1K which look rather good!
Apr 28, 2011, 2:33 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SAN
Programs: PR Premier Elite
Posts: 1,950
The system has consistently worked fine since about the last two major changes, probably close to a year ago. Ever since they added the e-ticket number option. Before that, you can search here and find me ranting and cursing it more than anyone but it does work now.
As has been posted before the main reason it fails to work are middle name or middle initial. For instance if my name were MABUK DAN GILA (not my real name
) I might have a reservation as GILA\MABUK or it might be GILA\MABUKD or it might be GILA\MABUKDAN. Since the seat assignment web page has no place to put middle name, if a middle initial or middle name exists in the reservation it must be appended to the first name or else it will not find the reservation. So for instance my current reservation has my middle initial. In the web form I enter my continental e-Ticket number (back spacing out the prefilled "988" first which is for an Asiana ticket) Last Name: GILA, First Name: MABUKD and voila it works.The other major issue is that it is well established it will fail to save seats with the "running clock issue" if you use any browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer under Microsoft windows. No Firefox, no Chrome, no Safari, no Mac's no Linux. Them R da rules. About a year ago during the second to last major change it briefly worked inconsistently under Firefox and Chrome in Linux but since the last change I have never got it to work other than IE but it HAS consistently worked with that.
May 1, 2011, 3:35 am
#7
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
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On http://us.flyasiana.com Online Seat Assignments Use your full continental e-ticket number starting with 005 (backspace out the 988 pre-filled in the form) and your name exactly as it appears on the reservation including your middle name or middle initial appended to your first name if your full middle name or middle initial is included in the reservation. Only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and only from a MS Windows PC.
Last edited by soy; May 1, 2011 at 3:46 am
May 1, 2011, 9:40 am
#8
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ORD
Programs: United 1k - Hilton Diamond
Posts: 276
Ok this is now a quest for it to work. I added my 016 UA flight number.
My ticket from US list me as (Not real Name) Smith /Steve C MR) I had to add the C and MR part for it to work on ANA's web site for one segment of the trip, and it worked. No matter what combination of my name I can seem to get it to work with Asiana....Hints? or just call them, but like I said its becoming a quest for this to work.
My ticket from US list me as (Not real Name) Smith /Steve C MR) I had to add the C and MR part for it to work on ANA's web site for one segment of the trip, and it worked. No matter what combination of my name I can seem to get it to work with Asiana....Hints? or just call them, but like I said its becoming a quest for this to work.
May 1, 2011, 10:57 am
#9
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SAN
Programs: PR Premier Elite
Posts: 1,950
Ok this is now a quest for it to work. I added my 016 UA flight number.
My ticket from US list me as (Not real Name) Smith /Steve C MR) I had to add the C and MR part for it to work on ANA's web site for one segment of the trip, and it worked. No matter what combination of my name I can seem to get it to work with Asiana....Hints? or just call them, but like I said its becoming a quest for this to work.
My ticket from US list me as (Not real Name) Smith /Steve C MR) I had to add the C and MR part for it to work on ANA's web site for one segment of the trip, and it worked. No matter what combination of my name I can seem to get it to work with Asiana....Hints? or just call them, but like I said its becoming a quest for this to work.
Also, I assume it is just a typo but by "016 UA flight number." you do mean 016 UA E-ticket number, right???? An E-ticket issued by UA is indeed a thirteen digit number beginning with 016 so I'm guessing that is the right number but just to verify, the flight number is NOT the number you log into Asiana's web site with.
May 2, 2011, 11:01 pm
#10
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 818
On http://us.flyasiana.com Online Seat Assignments Use your full continental e-ticket number starting with 005 (backspace out the 988 pre-filled in the form) and your name exactly as it appears on the reservation including your middle name or middle initial appended to your first name if your full middle name or middle initial is included in the reservation. Only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer and only from a MS Windows PC.
You've answered the question MANY have had.
Kudos to you.
May 4, 2011, 1:51 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 51
Just got off the phone with Asiana for an SFO<->ICN flight to talk about seat assignments (the original booking has my wife and I sitting apart) and was told they can't change anything now with their system and to call back in a few weeks. Wasn't clear on the "why," but it sounded like it might be specific to SFO. 
May 11, 2011, 10:34 pm
#13
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: BKK/SEL/YQG
Posts: 2,543
May 12, 2011, 2:05 am
#14
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: MEL
Programs: QF, Virgin Australia
Posts: 192
Yes, was able to select seats on OZ using the method described here, with a ticket issued by US Airways, with US ticket number (037 stock) but OZ flight numbers.
