HOP! Advanced Seat Selection
May 21, 2015, 9:37 am
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HOP! Advanced Seat Selection
Hi everyone - know very little about Skyteam in general and AF in particular but no other airline flew to my destination.
Ticketed by Delta I'm flying JFK - CDG - CFE (AF JFK - CDG and HOP CDG - CFE). I was able to choose my AF seats via the Delta and AF site but no such luck on HOP. Is the record locator the same as AF? Does HOP even allow advanced seats?
Thanks in advance!!
Ticketed by Delta I'm flying JFK - CDG - CFE (AF JFK - CDG and HOP CDG - CFE). I was able to choose my AF seats via the Delta and AF site but no such luck on HOP. Is the record locator the same as AF? Does HOP even allow advanced seats?
Thanks in advance!!
May 21, 2015, 9:52 am
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No advanced seat selection I'm afraid.
May 21, 2015, 11:06 pm
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I just booked a HOP yesterday (booked on delta.com) and was able to select seats on the AF site. The itin was AF YVR-CDG and Hop CDG-GOA rt. It was a business class ticket so maybe that was the difference?
May 22, 2015, 12:20 am
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May 22, 2015, 3:45 am
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By contrast, if you book any A5 operated flight, regardless of whether you book iit under the A5 number or under AF codeshare number, there is, I believe, no seat selection (and in fact no business class either).
May 22, 2015, 9:34 am
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Actually, the key element is that the Hop! plane is irrelevant in both the itineraries that you are talking about. CDG-GOA (and for that matter CDG-CFE) are "pure" AF flights despite being operated by a Hop plane and crew but only sold as AF. As such, they are subject to the same rules as any other AF flight (ie seat selection available in C but not in Y).
By contrast, if you book any A5 operated flight, regardless of whether you book iit under the A5 number or under AF codeshare number, there is, I believe, no seat selection (and in fact no business class either).
By contrast, if you book any A5 operated flight, regardless of whether you book iit under the A5 number or under AF codeshare number, there is, I believe, no seat selection (and in fact no business class either).
May 23, 2015, 12:54 am
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Actually, the key element is that the Hop! plane is irrelevant in both the itineraries that you are talking about. CDG-GOA (and for that matter CDG-CFE) are "pure" AF flights despite being operated by a Hop plane and crew but only sold as AF. As such, they are subject to the same rules as any other AF flight (ie seat selection available in C but not in Y).
By contrast, if you book any A5 operated flight, regardless of whether you book iit under the A5 number or under AF codeshare number, there is, I believe, no seat selection (and in fact no business class either).
By contrast, if you book any A5 operated flight, regardless of whether you book iit under the A5 number or under AF codeshare number, there is, I believe, no seat selection (and in fact no business class either).
May 23, 2015, 2:18 am
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You were right not to. With the new J seats and a cheaper fare this is certainly the right choice over LH!