Pre-reserved seats and new year onboard
Dec 12, 2007, 10:01 pm
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Pre-reserved seats and new year onboard
Hi everyone,
I'll be flying JFK-CDG with AF023 on Dec 31st (and then to LIS) and AMS-JFK with KL0641 on Jan 9th. I have two questions for you:
1 - I'll be flying with my wife. I'm FB Gold but she is FB Ivory. Our itineraries are different because she's coming back earlier. So she can't get a pre-assigned seat in the first rows of Y class with me (B772). I know that our reservations have cross-references so that the airport agents will know we'll be travelling together. Still, which of the following alternatives would you consider to be better: (i) to reserve a seat for me in the front rows and make no reservation for her, hoping that the airport will put us together there; or (ii) to make a reservation together closer to the rear of the aircraft?
2 - Once we're spending the new year onboard, should we expect any celebration? Do airlines do anything special on new year's night?
Thank you for your help!
PS: This is the first thread I start
I'll be flying JFK-CDG with AF023 on Dec 31st (and then to LIS) and AMS-JFK with KL0641 on Jan 9th. I have two questions for you:
1 - I'll be flying with my wife. I'm FB Gold but she is FB Ivory. Our itineraries are different because she's coming back earlier. So she can't get a pre-assigned seat in the first rows of Y class with me (B772). I know that our reservations have cross-references so that the airport agents will know we'll be travelling together. Still, which of the following alternatives would you consider to be better: (i) to reserve a seat for me in the front rows and make no reservation for her, hoping that the airport will put us together there; or (ii) to make a reservation together closer to the rear of the aircraft?
2 - Once we're spending the new year onboard, should we expect any celebration? Do airlines do anything special on new year's night?
Thank you for your help!
PS: This is the first thread I start
Dec 14, 2007, 5:59 am
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Hi tff,
The seating will be a little delicate and difficult because you need to be on the same reservation to be able to be seated together ... especially for her as a non-elite to be pre-assigned in the first rows.
My best suggestion is to do on-line check-in. That is provided you have an Air France ticket number (ticket number starts 057) and you have an electronic ticket. You can check-in 30 hours before flight closure so on the East Coast that would be in the 10:00am hour the day before.
Be careful to "add another passenger" once you've started the check-in process.
If the above is not possible I recommend arriving as early as possible to be able to get the seats you wish.
As for celebrations on board, I have not flown during New Year's, sorry I cannot help there.
The seating will be a little delicate and difficult because you need to be on the same reservation to be able to be seated together ... especially for her as a non-elite to be pre-assigned in the first rows.
My best suggestion is to do on-line check-in. That is provided you have an Air France ticket number (ticket number starts 057) and you have an electronic ticket. You can check-in 30 hours before flight closure so on the East Coast that would be in the 10:00am hour the day before.
Be careful to "add another passenger" once you've started the check-in process.
If the above is not possible I recommend arriving as early as possible to be able to get the seats you wish.
As for celebrations on board, I have not flown during New Year's, sorry I cannot help there.
Dec 14, 2007, 6:19 am
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I have flown several times during Christmas or New Year's eve (when availability of reward seats or cheap fares is usually good in the midst of a busy season) and never noticed anything special, except for the captain formulating the usual season's greetings in his address. I even flew on 31st december 1999 from HNL to EWR (that one was a CO flight) with no particular mention by the crew -- however the layover at a very empty EWR terminal in the early hours of 2000 was a strange experience.
Dec 14, 2007, 8:28 am
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