Seat map seats held?
Dec 30, 2018, 12:22 am
#1
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Seat map seats held?
i have an economy trip coming up on 1/7 AKL-SFO and I’m thinking about upgrading to premium economy. The map shows only two middle seats as selectable but lots of other seats as unoccupied. I called and they said those are the only seats available and the cabin is full other than 2 seats. Are those other unoccupied seats just being held? How do I get one of those?
Dec 30, 2018, 12:52 am
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Join Date: Jan 2016
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AirNZ reserves seats for Airport Control. These are for use at the airport, wheelchair pax, etc then they will just be allocated.
Also July is ages away so I would keep an eye on it from time to time as people might change flights etc which will open seats.
Also July is ages away so I would keep an eye on it from time to time as people might change flights etc which will open seats.
Dec 30, 2018, 1:07 am
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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Assuming you might be using American date format...and flight is 7th Jan...there are indeed only 2 seats left (according to expert flyer). The airport control seats often release a couple of days out from departure (haven’t worked out exactly when around 48hrs) but they can open up already allocated due to the reasons mentioned above. So really - you’re just going to have to get lucky.
Dec 30, 2018, 8:44 am
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Also discussed here on Nov 10 2018
Blocked Biz seats 4+5 A on 787-900
And here on March 15 2018
Release of Blocked Seats