BKK to Europe: aircraft swap
Apr 24, 2015, 9:47 am
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BKK to Europe: aircraft swap
what happens if TG swaps aircraft from a 77W two class configuration (J with flat seats) to a 747 with three class configuration (and J with angle flat seats)?
Do they open F class seats (with J service I suppose) or do they leave it closed?
anybody any experience?
if yes, who gets the F seats? according to status or TIP first?
fly TG970/971 soon and saw that they switched a couple of times unplanned to 747 in April
Do they open F class seats (with J service I suppose) or do they leave it closed?
anybody any experience?
if yes, who gets the F seats? according to status or TIP first?
fly TG970/971 soon and saw that they switched a couple of times unplanned to 747 in April
Apr 26, 2015, 9:59 am
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Apr 26, 2015, 11:08 am
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Could it be the switch from A340 to B77W which meant a shrink in the C cabin and it was overbooked? So bringing the B747 in solves the VDB or DB in C which is going to be very upsetting for passengers.
Availability of pilots might be another one? I wonder what happened to all those pilots that were hired for the A340-600 and A340-500 on TG? Sure they can endorse onto the A330 but for a Boeing aircraft, that's going to take longer.
Availability of pilots might be another one? I wonder what happened to all those pilots that were hired for the A340-600 and A340-500 on TG? Sure they can endorse onto the A330 but for a Boeing aircraft, that's going to take longer.
Apr 27, 2015, 1:22 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 4:12 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 4:17 am
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Apr 27, 2015, 4:29 am
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were you on the flight? if not from where do you have information?
I have been several times with J ticket on F seats on domestic and regional flights where they do not sell F. I also guess they will not sell F anymore to those destinations, where they do not regularly fly with 3 class configuration plane (like ZRH from end of March), so there are probably no passengers with F tickets on this route....
Apr 28, 2015, 9:29 am
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Back to the question of the OT :
I had three such cases:
1. PEK - BKK, 747 instead of 777, was automatically allocated two seats in F (with C service) traveling with a ROP G member
2. BKK- SIN, 340, cabin closed
3. Domestic flight in Thailand at a time I was still unhappy enough to travel in the country domestically, was always able to choose a seat in the F section at online check in (747 from CNX)
Who was it ? Some second or third degree "royalty" ? Would love to know or to have seen it 
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P.S.: The fact that they downgraded ZRH - big mistake:
Possibly it was such a "royal" story and this is the reason I do NOT fly TG anymore anytime except on routes where they have the monopoly like BKK-KTM.
I had three such cases:
1. PEK - BKK, 747 instead of 777, was automatically allocated two seats in F (with C service) traveling with a ROP G member
2. BKK- SIN, 340, cabin closed
3. Domestic flight in Thailand at a time I was still unhappy enough to travel in the country domestically, was always able to choose a seat in the F section at online check in (747 from CNX)
.P.S.: The fact that they downgraded ZRH - big mistake:
Possibly it was such a "royal" story and this is the reason I do NOT fly TG anymore anytime except on routes where they have the monopoly like BKK-KTM.
Apr 28, 2015, 9:02 pm
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PEK and SIN are regional flights and yes, I have also been seated in F with J service
I just wonder whether anybody has any experience on a intercontinental flight
there seem to be few swaps from 77w to 747 for the intercontinental routes to Europe and now with the additional 77w it is more and more less likely
I also regret that ZRH has no F anymore. But of course for J and Y it is a upgrade from A340 to 77w
PEK and SIN are regional flights and yes, I have also been seated in F with J service
I just wonder whether anybody has any experience on a intercontinental flight
there seem to be few swaps from 77w to 747 for the intercontinental routes to Europe and now with the additional 77w it is more and more less likely
I also regret that ZRH has no F anymore. But of course for J and Y it is a upgrade from A340 to 77w