Originally Posted by
coastgirl
1. My email from TAP says check in opens 36 hrs out. I've seen people saying that it's T-24 in the US, can anyone confirm that the T-36 will work from Canada?
2. At OLCI, will we likely be assigned together? (party of 2) If so I can live with that. I have never paid for a "regular" seat selection in my life.
3. If not is there a charge for the "not-special" seats at that time?
4. I see the posts about the free seats dropping at T - 1:04. Can anyone confirm that, as of late September 2023? The latest confirmation I see is March '23.
5. If I print our boarding passes early and then try to change at T-1:04, will I get an electronic boarding pass update? I don't mind using my phone but I do appreciate the paper pass when it's easier to pull that out than pull out my phone.
1. Not sure, but think it will be at T-36. Try that, if not return at T-24.
2. Yes, I've never experienced not being seated together. TP isn't Ryanair. But don't wait until the last minute and expect there to still be adjoining seats available.
3. Yes, IIRC there's a charge for any seat, just less for the regular seats
4. I haven't flown them in Y recently, so can't provide a newer DP.
5. Yes, you can get it sent to your email or Apple/Google wallet. You can still board with your outdated boarding pass and they'll just give you a seat assignment note or updated boarding pass at the gate.
Originally Posted by
coastgirl
One more question, someone said in a FB travel group that the free seats they had from OLCI were changed by the airline to something worse, and gate agent said "you didn't pay for it". Has anyone heard of that? Maybe there was user error--didn't complete the transaction properly or something, but they had a boarding pass. Honestly, I flew Ryan Air once and the price wasn't worth all the other hassle--I'm sorry I didn't research TAP more fully.
Haven't heard about or experienced that, but you never know. As the previous poster said, if you want specific seats it's safer to pay for them.
I fly LH on the cheapest Economy Light fares quite frequently, and they also won't let you change your seat for free. Seems to be a growing trend. At least with TAP you have a workaround for getting better seats for free, but if you value a predictable and simple process just buy a fare that includes seat selection or pay for the seats you want.