I am flying from LAX to TPE via ICN on OZ using UA award. When I called OZ last weekend for seat assignment of my flight, I was told that no seat is available.
Does OZ keep some seats to be assigned on the day of departure? Will early check-in get me a better seat or am I just have to settle with whatever is left?
OZ do keep quite a number of seats until close to the departure date (not sure of exact number but should be anywhere between 1 to 3 days) and they include a few rows on the front and back for each block, i.e. between galleys.
What I usually do is to do online seat selection as soon as possible and take the best seat available. Then every a few days, I cancel the selected seat and try it again right again. If nothing better opens up, I can always take the canceled seat back. I noticed the front rows (and back rows of course) usually open up 2-3 days before departure. But AFAIK some bulkhead row and exit rows are not available to even OZ elites except from airport check-in agents.
If nothing good open up, I'd try my luck at the airport check-in. If the flight is booked full, you're still stuck in one of the middle seats but if not, you can snatch a nice seat, possibly including an exit-row seat.
OZ do keep quite a number of seats until close to the departure date (not sure of exact number but should be anywhere between 1 to 3 days) and they include a few rows on the front and back for each block, i.e. between galleys.
What I usually do is to do online seat selection as soon as possible and take the best seat available. Then every a few days, I cancel the selected seat and try it again right again. If nothing better opens up, I can always take the canceled seat back. I noticed the front rows (and back rows of course) usually open up 2-3 days before departure. But AFAIK some bulkhead row and exit rows are not available to even OZ elites except from airport check-in agents.
If nothing good open up, I'd try my luck at the airport check-in. If the flight is booked full, you're still stuck in one of the middle seats but if not, you can snatch a nice seat, possibly including an exit-row seat.
Thanks for the quick reply. You mention online seat selection. I think that's only available to OZ members right? If I get the ticket through UA, can I also make seat selection online?
Thanks for the quick reply. You mention online seat selection. I think that's only available to OZ members right? If I get the ticket through UA, can I also make seat selection online?
You can do it only if you join Asiana club. However you don't need to have the Asiana club number in the booking to select seats so you could join, use the member number and booking ref and select seats that way - it doesn't add the Asiana club number to the reservation or anything, it is just to get access to the system.
I'm looking to do the same thing, but it doesn't seem to be accepting my UA confirmation number. Maybe because Asiana's icheck-in service says "Code-share flights are not served for the 'i Check-in Serivce'. Let me know if you have any luck!
You need the Asiana confirmation number. If you're travelling on an OZ flight on an OZ flight number, you can obtain the OZ confirmation number by calling UA or OZ. Then you can try the online seat selection.
Bump - has anyone with a *A award been successful with the seat selection tool?
I joined Asiana Club so that I could select seats, using the OZ confirmation number.
No luck this morning. Checkmytrip.com includes the OZ confirmation number.
Any tips?
Should I look up the PNR on the OZ site rather than the OZ confirmation number?
Looking forward to the trip and would love to select F seats for the 2-service ICN-HKG flight.
I joined Asiana Club so that I could select seats, using the OZ confirmation number.
No luck this morning. Checkmytrip.com includes the OZ confirmation number.
Any tips?
Should I look up the PNR on the OZ site rather than the OZ confirmation number? BB
Which letter does your confirmation code starts with? All my OZ trips had confirmation codes starting with a 'C'. If not, checkmytrip.com is showing the confirmation number from the ticketing airline, not from OZ. In that case, you might want to call your ticketing airline for OZ confirmation code -- they will have no problem giving it to you.
Also, another possibility is to use your e-ticket number. Not sure the seat selection page accepts that though...
Hi, sorry for the delayed reply. With the PNR on checkmytrip (3EExxx) I can see the OZ booking reference (CIExxx).
I now have access, so perhaps it was a 24hr window.
Which are the best 747 seats for OZ 602 and for OZ 723? Main deck: what appears to be F seats Rows 1-3 (is 1A-1B OK or are the other rows better due to AVOD monitors?)
I have a choice of 1A/B or 3J/K.
Upper deck: most rows available in J (except Row 11):
Any choice of Row 7-10 or Row 12-15 (only a few taken so far!).
For the 747 SYD-ICN, a very long trip, which is the better bet for a day flight?
It is approx. 16hrs before OZ 602 departure. Exciting!
Thanks!
(Once I've done this I'll do the ICN-HKG... with those F seats hopefully )
It the 747 by any chance a combi (Multi-Configuration)? Your description of the seat arrangement sounds awfully close to the dreadful ICN-LAX OZ201 I took last month on an old 74M. It had 3 rows of 2-2 F seats up front in the main cabin, followed by Y seats behind the galley starting with row 20. J seats were all in the upper cabin.
Look at this Seatguru map of the old 747 combi for your reference.
It the 747 by any chance a combi (Multi-Configuration)? Your description of the seat arrangement sounds awfully close to the dreadful ICN-LAX OZ201 I took last month on an old 74M. It had 3 rows of 2-2 F seats up front in the main cabin, followed by Y seats behind the galley starting with row 20. J seats were all in the upper cabin.
Look at this Seatguru map of the old 747 combi for your reference.
Thanks Philphys, since Row 11 is the only one booked out, it must be that one!
Thus I suppose the only other 'fair' ones are Row 1...
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and had this changed (by john, the excellent QF [codeshare!] staffer) to Row 3. 
