My wife and I have decided to try Emirates after a long break of 8 years, this was after years of gold status and after the points dilutions on cheap tickets, we decided to use other companies .

So we have decided to give Emirates a try and shocked to see their high prices of those twin seats.

I guess the twin seats won't be available on check 48 hours before the flight unless you pay?

We are not flying until August, but I did a couple of dummy bookings for a Wednesday flight in may and the plane still as lots of seats available, so I wonder if the Glasgow flights are not full loads and even the Bangkok flight has plenty of seats available

Basically I am wanting to know if there is going to be a selection of seat choice on these flights if I select them during online check in.

I may pay for the seat from Dubai to Bangkok in a preferred seat since we have an internal flight and need to be down the front to save time

On a positive note, I was gold for a number of years and I had an amazing experience with many free upgrades and flights using miles

​​​​​​ON a added note, if you want a preferred seat during online check in, do you have to pay for these !