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Old Nov 9, 2025 | 2:52 pm
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Originally Posted by HarryKUK
I contacted BA to get my Oman Air PNR, can see the flight in their App but still can’t pick any seats (no seat map displayed). Can’t get a UK contact number that works or is answered, so I emailed them to allocate me any window seat on the aircraft to get a reply three weeks later telling me to contact their number in Oman (i.e. international calling) which I’m not doing just to pick a seat.

I believe I was able to pick a seat on a flight two decades ago so this doesn’t seem like something which should still be happening in 2025.
That hasn’t been my experience. Two weeks ago, I redeemed Avios for a last-minute MCT–BKK trip, admittedly in economy. I did need to contact BA to get the Oman Air PNR, but once I had it, I was able to select extra legroom seats (row 20) for both myself and my wife directly on Oman Air’s website.
I also called Oman Air’s Amsterdam office to change a separate cash booking — they were extremely helpful and handled everything smoothly.
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