Why is 2A always taken on the A319 [BSL-LHR]?
#16
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: BA, SAA and HHonors Pleb
Posts: 351
Hi guys,
Doing my regular commute from Basel - LHR...I've done this trip more times than I can remember and have always come across one strange thing which I just can't seem to place.
On OLCI, why is 2A always taken? In all the times I have flown this route, at least 20+ times, it is always taken, even when I'm one of the first to check in. Interestingly, 1A is always open!
There's nothing special about the seat, at least from what I can tell, so I was just curious if some of the even more experienced travellers know why!!
Doing my regular commute from Basel - LHR...I've done this trip more times than I can remember and have always come across one strange thing which I just can't seem to place.
On OLCI, why is 2A always taken? In all the times I have flown this route, at least 20+ times, it is always taken, even when I'm one of the first to check in. Interestingly, 1A is always open!
There's nothing special about the seat, at least from what I can tell, so I was just curious if some of the even more experienced travellers know why!!
#17
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Sunny Switzerland
Programs: BD / BA / AF
Posts: 4,388
So to answer your question it seems that that seat is a default seat given to status pax, and if that is not the case it is snapped up very quickly by other pax. Is it special? it dosen't seem so, but people do seem to like it for personal preferences rather than what the seat itself offers.
#18
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine, & London, UK
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#19
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Brighton, UK
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So to answer your question it seems that that seat is a default seat given to status pax, and if that is not the case it is snapped up very quickly by other pax. Is it special? it dosen't seem so, but people do seem to like it for personal preferences rather than what the seat itself offers.
Indeed the only status blocking across the BA network are first few rows of CE and 1A and 1K on 747s and these are for GCHs (and Prems) only, not SCHs. If BSL flights initially have only 3 rows of CE, only row 1 would normally be blocked. This therefore seems to be a corporate deal anomaly relating solely to this route.