Originally Posted by
serfty
For reference, at any stage did you have a preallocated seat?
To be honest I am not sure. This was a trip booked a couple of days in advance through our corporate TA. Normally they allocate a seat based on recorded preference but in this case I didn't check.
Thanks for all the responses above. I made the flight in the end.
Checked in at a kiosk and was given a boarding pass without a seat allocation and a note to see an agent. Check-in agent said see the gate agent closer to departure time. Quick call to reservations who said th flight was not oversold but could not help with a seat assignment. Hung around the gate area until about t-50mins, no agent staffing the gate. Ran down to the lounge and after some tapping the agent there managed to assign a seat at T-40mins (apparently multiple open seats so she couldn't explain what the problem was).
All's well that ends well I guess....