Originally Posted by anabolism
How can you determine in advance if its a three-class sold as two, or a two-class configuration? And how can you get the F seats if the former? ...
If the booking buckets for a flight indicate only two cabin classes (F/Y or J/Y) are being sold but seat maps for that flight indicate a 3 class configuration then you have a "three-class sold as two".
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