Originally Posted by
mrkymark
Thanks for the tip on the one shot. That's a surprise to me too. When did Westjet take that feature away? Seems so petty.
So let's say I don't pre select/buy seats in advance, what happens on a non basic econ ticket at T - 24?
And lastly is the boarding order still the same as historically on the WS 737s?
I only have experience with Delta award tickets on Westjet as a Delta DM/PM, so YMMV. In the olden days (several years ago, pre-COVID), I had to wait until the day of departure (or T-24) for a free seat assignment, but I did not get an exit row or anything without extra charge; this may be how it still is for non-medallions or Silvers. In 2021 DL and WS started a reciprocal arrangement, and now I can get one free seat selection (includes exit row or their extra-legroom seats in row 4-5 or 4-7) when booking or anytime thereafter, and I can select seats myself on the web, but just once. Last year when I called Westjet to change a seat from one in row 4 to one in an open row (row 5) a few days prior to departure, they wanted an obscene amount of money, so that was a firm "no, thank you". I do not know about changes in the boarding order other than that I still board in Zone 1.