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Old Jan 27, 2025 | 3:54 am
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Originally Posted by AviationMoose
I’m about 99% sure a chap just got on my flight and complained that he was unable to book 1C (next to me), because it showed online as ‘blocked’.

I heard ‘bloody disgrace’ and alas not what the crew said to him, but he didn’t glare at me so I’m assuming they didn’t dob me in.

I will miss the consequences of daft but amusing quirks like this!
There's a bug in the new online check-in seat selection that it shows all blocked seats as blocked to GGLs... easy to rectify by calling the GGL line, or at the airport.
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