Originally Posted by
Tim_T
Having seen how long the thread on seat allocation is, I don't want to get into the debate of this policy being right or wrong. I will add however that for me I really dislike this policy. I don't have status as my flights with BA are el cheapo. Most of my miles come from Tesco and Amex, and I redem them (along with 241) every year or two for 3 long haul tickets. I do not want to take the risk that for an 11hr + flight that my 6 year old daughter will not be sat with her parents, especially when booking club world. I therefore force myself to save up the extra miles for First
How daft is that?
BA's seat allocation policy ain't that daft. That's why they don't have a free for all at booking, so that they can have seats to juggle to allow them space so that kids (defined as 2-11) can be allocated seats with their parents. OK the seats may not be the ones you would have chosen given an empty cabin but they are yours at T-72 and you can try and juggle at T-24.
I have seen airlines where you get seats allocated at booking where the flight attendants are virtually going round a cabin begging PAX to change seats to accomodate parents and kid(s).