Originally Posted by
ernestnywang
I tried playing around a bit and it seems seat selection on AS*/JL (meaning marketed by AS and operated by JL) flights indeed may not be easy or even possible. Sorry, I didn't realise that. Seat map cannot be opened on GDS even when the query is directly made to AS. I don't want to create a live booking to test, but if you know a particular seat is free on the JL flight, it's worth trying if SSR (Special Service Request) code might work. On Sabre, it will be "4G<segment number>/<seat number>" or "3RQST<segment number>/<seat number>." If your TA uses another GDS, there will be corresponding codes, too. I will try the first one first, and if it fails, the second one then, but it's possible neither will be accepted. In this case, even an AS agent cannot help. Only a JL agent maybe can, though against their internal policy (but maybe LAX ones will help based on above?), or if you can access the PNR from another oneworld airline that uses Amadeus to select JL seats, but I don't know if there are anyone that still allows that..
Thank you again, ernestnywang for persisting with my question re seat selection on AS codeshare flight with JL. My OTH said I should stop wasting time as it is only 4 hours flight so we should just accept the assigned seats - still better sitting in the back of the bus! However, I am not a defeatist, and will contact the TA - hinting to him what you have suggested, ie trying if SSR code might work. He may think I am too demanding and tell me to go away. I can see the seats originally selected by the TA (before I changed the 2 flight dates) are still available on EF map.