Originally Posted by
Kruisler
I recently dropped from silver to bronze. My memebership year ended 8/2 but my silver card is valid till 31/3.
A couple of weeks ago I booked an HBO fare through my corporate travel agent. Immediately after booking, I want on my phone app and was able to choose my seat. I was curious if it would stick having lost my Silver status.
So I went back to check, using the website this time: the seat selection was retained but changing it again would require payment.
Then finally, when I got to OLCI it turns out my seat selection had been automatically modified. So I'm curious and wondering:
- Should I have been allowed to select my seat in the first place?
- If yes, why did it the system change it last minute? The seta change didn't bother me: although I was switched from Aisle to Window I was moved 2 rows forward and had no seating next to me in the middle seat (theoratical seating at work?)
After booking I also selected the seat for my return leg.. So far it sticks but I now expect it to have changed at OLCI...
If your card expires 31 March 2017, you have not recently dropped from Silver to Bronze. You are still Silver and you can still select seats on non-HBO fares for free.
Nobody can select seats on HBO fares (except at selected airport check-in machines within 24 hours of departure), so it is an IT error that you were allowed to select any seats at all, unless your corporate agent has some sort of arrangement with BA that lets you do that.