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Old Sep 26, 2017, 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by Ruth4325
So would BA sell the seats and not offer a seat assignment in F? If I do a dummy booking on my flight I could purchase the remaining 4 F tickets, so just wondering what seats would be allocated.
yes, being able to preassign a seat is never guaranteed. In fact, ba will even oversell F by 1 so even a GCH/GGL/Prem might not be able to preassign. Also no preassignment if you book within 48 hours of flying.

of course in the case you describe, 1A-K would likely become available at olci.
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