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Aug 11, 2023 | 9:21 pm

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markmac

Join Date: Apr 2020

Posts: 113

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Originally Posted by Gongzuokuang

Frequent international traveller... mostly to Asia.

I find myself in Europe in a few weeks, and decided to fly BER - LHR on Business Class on British Air. Booked through BA993 on AMEX travel, and saw no option to choose the seat. I went to the British Air site, entered the record locator, and sadly discovered that these clowns charge extra to select a seat in business class!

Short flight... 2 hours. I would prefer aisle, but window is fine. There are only 16 seats on this flight, 9 of which show reserved.

I don't care about the seat, and want to avoid paying their fee on principle.

But it then occurred to me that these clowns could overbook. If I haven't paid for a seat, and I most likely at being bumped?

I don't know BA, and I don't want to risk losing my seat over $35USD, or whatever it is they charge.

Anyone have any insight? Is BA like an Asian airline, where there is very little risk of being bumped? Or should I just shutup and pay the seat extortion fee to minimize risk of being bumped, or being pushed to the back of the plane?

There is no chance of you being bumped from your flight. The curtain on BA shorthaul business class is moveable and often goes back to row 10 or further.
Also be aware shorthaul business class seats are economy seating with a blocked middle seat.
If your Cathay status is gold or above you should be able to select your seat foc.

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