Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
be aware that theoretical seating will make getting seats together across separate bookings more difficult during online checkin
3 days before the flight ( 2 before checkin opens) you will see a very different seat map as seats will get blocked and only limited seats will be made available. when you check in people on one booking the seats beside them will be blocked until more people check in and those seats are needed. seat blocking does not only happen for gold!! the higher the status level of the checked in passenger the longer the seats will remain blocked
so if you chose not to purchase seats then you may be best to check in the 2nd party in seats near the other booking, but not download and print the boarding pass, then keep checking and see if "better" seats open up
Thanks SP, this sounds a headache but given my stressful panic around the testing regime yesterday, it's a mere inconvenience now, maybe even a 'fun' challenge! I will sit on the check in though if it doesn't work out first time round as you suggest - in my experience it's rare I've been able to check in online when travelling with my daughter, so it might turn out to be a conversation at the desk.
Given this is our first flight since Dec 19, whilst being sat together would be nice, just being on the plane feels good enough 😁