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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 6:14 am
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Originally Posted by fartoomanyusers
As a lowly blue person, I set a reminder 24 hours before departure to checkin, and this used to allow me a reasonable selection of seats.

But a couple of (Avios) flights before and after Christmas offered absolutely zero choice, other than my pre allocated aisle seat.
On the pre Christmas flight I assumed it was an IT error and phoned up BA - but the friendly agent confirmed that there really wasn't a single other seat available.
Both flights appeared to be completely full.

Is this now a thing that all seats are preallocated?
or was it just because the flights were completely full?
or just a Christmas thing?
Theoretical seating will pre allocate seats at T-72, seat choices for those with low/no status will be (very) limited. Check the first few posts on this thread

FAQ : 'Theoretical Seating' : Blocked seats / seat blocking and status

Theoretical seating will do its best to keep people on the same booking seated together, further limiting options for others
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