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Old Apr 21, 2017, 8:01 pm
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Originally Posted by avi8tir
I booked a flight AMS-MRS, MRS-CDG-AMS and paid for a business fare that booked into a C fare.

Now, when selecting my seat AMS-MRS, it is a Y-only cabin. how is this even possible?
On AF and KL, as is the norm for European airlines, there is only one type of seat. A movable curtain separates busines from economy; its location changes from flight to flight, as demand requires.
There is no separate, fixed-size business cabin with differentiated seating as on US carriers.

Originally Posted by avi8tir
Not only that, 90% of the seats are actually blocked. EF shows open seats up front and essentially everything behind row 5 is blocked but the AF site only showed 2 seats open - 10A and 10F.

Is this normal practice for AF?
As you have a business ticket, you are restricted to choosing a seat in the front of the cabin, which is where all business class customers are seated. You cannot sit in an economy row, which at this time and for your flight means row 6 and back.
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