Originally Posted by
Jane's Addiction
I'm in unfamiliar territory here. Sorry if this is asked a lot.
I am buying a ticket for someone (no status) in Y econ and would like to make sure they don't get a middle seat. The delta between base econ and one that allows pre-booking of a seat is about a 50% increaae. I could book with miles, but the cash price is cheaper than the effective price of using 90k miles.
Is there anything I can do as a DM to select the seat for the pax in advance of the 48 hour online check-in window.
thanks
unfortunately, not really. Your best bet is to call the MPC hotline. Technically they're not supposed to help you, and usually they won't. However, I suppose if you call/hang up/call again/hang up/call....you might eventually get someone who will do it for you.
I wasn't able to help out a family member recently, although I only tried once. So I think if you HUCA maybe you could succeed.
It seems to me they're really trying to enforce the different benefits based on the price you pay. I can't say that's a bad idea...