Pre-select front row seats : have they changed something?
Jun 10, 2010, 7:42 am
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Pre-select front row seats : have they changed something?
I noticed that since a few weeks the availabity of the front row seats in Y do not show up anymore in KVS they all appear as block out
More intriging I just reserved a flight for HKG in october and as a plat I cannot select any front row seats anymore they are all block out too.
Do you have the same experience
More intriging I just reserved a flight for HKG in october and as a plat I cannot select any front row seats anymore they are all block out too.
Do you have the same experience
Jun 10, 2010, 8:37 am
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I noticed that since a few weeks the availabity of the front row seats in Y do not show up anymore in KVS they all appear as block out
More intriging I just reserved a flight for HKG in october and as a plat I cannot select any front row seats anymore they are all block out too.
Do you have the same experience
More intriging I just reserved a flight for HKG in october and as a plat I cannot select any front row seats anymore they are all block out too.
Do you have the same experience
Sep 7, 2021, 9:11 am
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Old thread, but perhaps the best place for an update / question(?):
As a STE+ (Delta), I'm now seeing front row of economy cabin blocked on long-hauls.
Any idea when these seats become free for selection? TIA.
As a STE+ (Delta), I'm now seeing front row of economy cabin blocked on long-hauls.
Any idea when these seats become free for selection? TIA.
Last edited by kthomas; Sep 7, 2021 at 12:18 pm
Sep 7, 2021, 4:02 pm
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Sep 8, 2021, 8:04 am
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Is this a new policy, and/or is it only on AF flights? (I think I've only done two long-hauls in Econ, both on KL metal).
I suppose these are held given the bassinet attachments, and on AF metal, the front row bulkhead is closer making the seats far less attractive.
I suppose these are held given the bassinet attachments, and on AF metal, the front row bulkhead is closer making the seats far less attractive.
Last edited by kthomas; Sep 8, 2021 at 8:51 am
Sep 14, 2021, 1:59 am
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Some seats are indeed blocked for bassinets. Depending of the cabin configuration, as well some J seats at the front of the cabin can be assigned just at OLCI
Sep 27, 2021, 10:09 pm
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NOTE: these were available (and some selected) at least 48 hours before departure, so sometime before OLCI. (On the AF 787-9s, the legroom is not nearly that of KL metal, so I'm not sure I find them that attractive. Not that the mesh seats and no EC product on the AF metal is a great deal, either; really only the exit rows have any space, and even then, they have the seat dividers).