Originally Posted by
philduck
I see no evidence of seat blocking...recently flew DXB-SIN on EK354 in Y....A380. Economy was only half full. I pre-selected aisle seat on an empty row. On boarding I found that the other two seats had been allocated . Almost all the other rows in this part of the cabin were single or double occupied. Plenty or room on the flight. This has happened on the last three occasions that I have travelled on this flight...so no block booking by Emirates for FF's.
EK blocks seats in all cabins - usually for UMers, etc. I prefer 1A on the 380 which is ALWAYS blocked along with 2A on the route I take monthly (DXB-LAX). However, 1 & 2 K are not blocked. Its very easy to have a blocked seat unblocked and assigned with just a phone call...However, the agent will tell you that EK reserves the right to move you if they need those seats for UM'ers. Ive never seen 2 UMs in F on that route in 24 flights so its a safe bet that if you want a blocked sat, call and ask for it to be unblocked (at least in F and probably J)