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Old Feb 11, 2025 | 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by EDDLEGLL
Thank you for your replies! The flight is in 7 days, so I know TS is not in play yet.

I don’t think row 1 will open up at T-72, esp. not for anyone without status. When my partner (silver) is travelling on her own, there’s often no chance to get row 1, even when asking at the airport a few hours before the flight.

I see the point that the cabin may expand after I book the two upgrades - based on EF availabilities and the current Eco seat map I think this would be quite likely actually.

Would the system assign them a seat immediately after the upgrade though? Even in ET, they have no seat assignment currently.

I’ve played the curtain roulette game myself many a times but I’m not sure I want to have to worry, for them, about it on this occasion.
at t-72 row 1 will open up

Theoretical seating will kick in at the same time. If no Gold is in it then I find it usually becomes available to me as silver.

based on the seat map you see now, its not possible yet to pre select seats together, but that does not mean that situation will not change
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