Why does US block first row of First??
Jan 25, 2013, 9:06 am
#46
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True. My wife and I were upgraded last week at T-7d (surprisingly when it was F2) and I could not select seats online. I called the CP desk and she said that she could not assign the seats but at T-24h we would be put into 1A/1C. Sure enough, when I did OLCI, we were in 1A/1C. The CP rep did warn me that in the rare instance that a handicapped person in F needed the seat, he/she would have priority.
Jan 25, 2013, 9:48 am
#47
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True. My wife and I were upgraded last week at T-7d (surprisingly when it was F2) and I could not select seats online. I called the CP desk and she said that she could not assign the seats but at T-24h we would be put into 1A/1C. Sure enough, when I did OLCI, we were in 1A/1C. The CP rep did warn me that in the rare instance that a handicapped person in F needed the seat, he/she would have priority.
Jan 25, 2013, 12:14 pm
#48
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How would that work exactly? I assume that, as the person without a seat, I would be reassigned to somewhere in coach . . . but that doesn't seem fair because (1) I'm sure that the excellent seat that I had would be gone, perhaps with nothing left but middle seats; and (2) the other seats could be held (depending on the timing of booking) by lower-level elites on upgrades. Would there be downgrade compensation? Does that depend on whether the F (non-)seat was obtained by upgrade or purchase?
Jan 25, 2013, 5:56 pm
#49
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US doesn't generally oversell F so even if someone in F did need to be in row 1 due to a handicap their F seat would open up.
Your only real risk is if enough handicapped people were on the flight that the row 1 seats in F would be needed to accommodate all of them. But coach handicapped seats would be utilized first for those seated in coach with handicaps.
Jim
Your only real risk is if enough handicapped people were on the flight that the row 1 seats in F would be needed to accommodate all of them. But coach handicapped seats would be utilized first for those seated in coach with handicaps.
Jim
Jan 25, 2013, 11:40 pm
#50
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It would be in the same cabin. Should a F class pax be disable and require the bulkhead for easy ingress/egress we would just switch their F class seat for yours. It is rare, in 11 years I can count on both hands how often I'd had to switch pax for this reason.
Honestly the most common seat- switching issue that happens is someone with a cabin pet in the bulkhead.
Honestly the most common seat- switching issue that happens is someone with a cabin pet in the bulkhead.
Jan 26, 2013, 10:53 am
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They will release it at anytime if its the only seat assignment left. Even the website will do that as well. Do you know for sure that 1A was the only thing left?
Jan 26, 2013, 11:14 am
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Jan 26, 2013, 12:03 pm
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Jan 26, 2013, 5:07 pm
#54
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Just to be clear, do you mean the last seat in F or the last on the plane? It is still something like Y6, but F0.
Jan 26, 2013, 6:09 pm
#55
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So, how do the row 1 blocked seats work in terms of upgrades. For example, I am flying on Friday. At T-8, KVS was showing F4. At T-7, it is now down to F2, with seats 1A and 1D blocked. I guess there was either a chairman with a companion or 2 chairmen who had more miles than me (since I am chairman). Anyway, what happens if US decides to keep both seats blocked until 24 hour mark? Do the unblocked seats go to preferred based upon status, or if a silver checks in before a chairman can the silver get the upgrade?
Jan 26, 2013, 6:38 pm
#56
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So, how do the row 1 blocked seats work in terms of upgrades. For example, I am flying on Friday. At T-8, KVS was showing F4. At T-7, it is now down to F2, with seats 1A and 1D blocked. I guess there was either a chairman with a companion or 2 chairmen who had more miles than me (since I am chairman). Anyway, what happens if US decides to keep both seats blocked until 24 hour mark? Do the unblocked seats go to preferred based upon status, or if a silver checks in before a chairman can the silver get the upgrade?
Jan 26, 2013, 8:27 pm
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So, how do the row 1 blocked seats work in terms of upgrades. For example, I am flying on Friday. At T-8, KVS was showing F4. At T-7, it is now down to F2, with seats 1A and 1D blocked. I guess there was either a chairman with a companion or 2 chairmen who had more miles than me (since I am chairman). Anyway, what happens if US decides to keep both seats blocked until 24 hour mark? Do the unblocked seats go to preferred based upon status, or if a silver checks in before a chairman can the silver get the upgrade?
Jan 28, 2013, 4:27 am
#58
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Whay are 3 seats blocked in First Class on my flight?
I wish to purchase a first class seat on my flight, but it is sold out with 3 seats blocked. I know they block one for a pilot. (I believe they have to due to it being a 4 hour flight,) but why are 3 seats blocked? The reservations agents have no explanation.
04/07/13 2:40 PM
LIR to CLT
US 1858 in First
04/07/13 2:40 PM
LIR to CLT
US 1858 in First
Jan 28, 2013, 5:36 am
#59
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I wish to purchase a first class seat on my flight, but it is sold out with 3 seats blocked. I know they block one for a pilot. (I believe they have to due to it being a 4 hour flight,) but why are 3 seats blocked? The reservations agents have no explanation.
04/07/13 2:40 PM
LIR to CLT
US 1858 in First
04/07/13 2:40 PM
LIR to CLT
US 1858 in First
The flight you want is in fact sold out in first class.
Jan 28, 2013, 11:40 am
#60
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Which seats are blocked? 1A and 1D? I was upgraded for tomorrow's trip to TPA and at T-3 days was issued 1D as my seat.