Originally Posted by
ung1
I'm at KUL, waiting for an EK flight, bored, so decided to dig up some info.
Asked the lounge staff if they could block the seat next to me (load is only 240/ 304), and they said yes, no problem.
How it works is they can block whatever seats they want up to 1 hour before departure when the counter closes. After that, once everything is finalized, all seats are released and changes can only be made at the gate.
Of course, I am already in an exit row, which was blocked to begin with and I had to ask the check in staff to ask for the seat to be released. So they just put in a request not to release the middle seat - lets see what the situation is once onboard.
good info. Will try the same if it works out for you. I've never flown Ek in Y before ( last 4 years have all been in J or paid F!!!) Had to book tickets in EK Y (due to personal reasons) from LGW to DEL. I have managed to upgrade LGW to DEL to J and on the return I have managed to upgrade DXB to LGW to J. DEL to DXB on 8th April is still in Y. Its a day flight on EK 511 so should be okay. There is no upgrade availability yet PLUS i have run out of miles as I have not been on EK this year!!! I have always had more than 100000 miles on skywards. Now I have only 15900 miles. Hopefully my miles from LGW to DEL will credit in time and I'll be able to do a Y-J upgrade from DEL. If it doesnt I will ask the lounge staff to block the seat next to me.
Last edited by ukdoctor; Mar 31, 2012 at 5:15 am