I'm having a slightly frustrating time figuring out how the "seat remapping" is done when(/if) they swap the seat maps over.

Can any of the A380 fliers tell us what seat(s) they'd picked on the 767 and what seat(s) they got on the A380? When did you find out the seat map had been switched?

I have two seats booked on a FRA-LHR service, but they had to be separate bookings (1 cash, 1 redemption) and the other pax doesn't have status. He's also a minor.

We've got 2JK booked now, would ideally like 10JK if we get the A380. Chances seem slim-to-non-existant as he can't select his own seat. Even I phone the Gold line as soon as the seat map changes (T-48h??) by the time they send a carrier pigeon over to 'Seating' to request a TCP and it gets actioned, we'll probably have flown by then ...

Any suggestions? Should I just pay for him to pick a seat? Or take him on a quick TP run to get Bronze quickly...