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Old Oct 16, 2022 | 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by Pandor
I’ve been having a look at some future seat maps on expertflyer and can see that some people manage to reserve blocked seats, be it in economy or business. How do they manage this?

I’ve called Emirates multiple times and they are adamant that I can only be assigned blocked seats at airport check-in. Last time I travelled in J out of DXB, I managed to grab 6A on a 3-class 77W at airport checkin, but I did arrive at the check-in desk extremely early. I’m in the market to secure 6AB this time.

Any insights on this would be great
By blocked, I assume you're referring to seats that cannot be selected on the seat map, but EF shows that they're available?

If so, I've always gotten those seats assigned through Live Chat. Takes barely 2 minutes.
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