Originally Posted by
m320au
.. and dare I add - not even QF plats appear to get them all that often. I just finished my SIN-MEL-SYD-PER-SIN sectors - of the 4 exit row seats promised by the call centre I got .. precisely none!.. I did manage to get a bulkhead on one sector though - the other 3 were just standard aisles.
This is a serious weakness with the Qantas setup IMHO .. from now until the new seat allocation system is rolled out i'm taking the BA codeshare flight wherever possible!
Did you check on Qantas website what seats you were assigned a few days after you put your request in? Sometimes it doesn't come through but if you request it again some time later, it comes through. I'm not sure why but it does.
I can't always get exit row seats as a WP either, although I have been doing quite well recently.
I wouldn't call it a 'weakness in the system' personally, because I guess if other WPs and CLs have already grabbed them, then it's too late, that seems to be the only reason I miss out. Fair enough, first come first served within the same rank.
Also exit row window seats on many types are no good (doors sticking out) and middle seats aren't great, so I guess that just leaves you fighting for the exit aisle.