Upper Deck for Blues bagged 9 months out
Mar 31, 2011, 4:37 am
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Upper Deck for Blues bagged 9 months out
The Dashboard under Seating Policy states in red that Blues can only pay for UD Seating (£80) 14 days before.
Just booked UD Seats for JFK XMAS 27 Dec returning 3 JAN 2012 and was able to pay for UD at £160 return 9 Months out, for my daugher who is a lowly blue.
Bagged 64K !
Having said that ONLY 60B, 64B, J, K and 63 J K was open to pay for. On the same flight I went in as Silver and had the WHOLE UD to choose from.
Seems that they open up these 6 seats only to blues (same 6 available on both legs whist ALL available to Silvers).
May need to change the sticky.
Just booked UD Seats for JFK XMAS 27 Dec returning 3 JAN 2012 and was able to pay for UD at £160 return 9 Months out, for my daugher who is a lowly blue.
Bagged 64K !
Having said that ONLY 60B, 64B, J, K and 63 J K was open to pay for. On the same flight I went in as Silver and had the WHOLE UD to choose from.
Seems that they open up these 6 seats only to blues (same 6 available on both legs whist ALL available to Silvers).
May need to change the sticky.
Mar 31, 2011, 4:59 am
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And here sits another EC Blue who is glad that they didn't -- otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to bag 64 A/B/J/K to JFK for my family !! ^
Mar 31, 2011, 5:39 am
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Needless to say, in pre-planning stage for a trip for 7 next Easter. Can't imagine we'll be paying £840 to allocate seats on BA when other airlines will let us do this at the time of booking for zero extra cost. Net result BA lose a £10-£15k booking.
Mar 31, 2011, 5:46 am
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More rolling it in glitter by the sound of things...
Needless to say, in pre-planning stage for a trip for 7 next Easter. Can't imagine we'll be paying £840 to allocate seats on BA when other airlines will let us do this at the time of booking for zero extra cost. Net result BA lose a £10-£15k booking.
Needless to say, in pre-planning stage for a trip for 7 next Easter. Can't imagine we'll be paying £840 to allocate seats on BA when other airlines will let us do this at the time of booking for zero extra cost. Net result BA lose a £10-£15k booking.
Mar 31, 2011, 5:51 am
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Agreed -- if travelling alone, I wouldn't give it a thought, but when travelling with the family it is worth the £320 to me for peace of mind. YMMV, but I'm not prepared to take the risk for TATL flights -- not a concern on the GLA-LHR sector, but a definite on the LH.
Mar 31, 2011, 5:59 am
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I assume you're not the lead passenger/booking it as you are Silver and won't therefore have to pay if you are?
Mar 31, 2011, 5:59 am
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I'm off with the wife for a few days, BA long haul. At first we could only get J on the way back and at 8 weeks out on a leisure route, there were only 2 pairs of seats available. I was going to have to fork out the £120 but fortunately an e-mail to youfirst saw seats opened up in F. problem solved.
Mar 31, 2011, 6:00 am
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Mar 31, 2011, 6:14 am
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All clear now! £840 is a fair bit of money just for seat allocation and better spent on the holiday itself.
I wonder how many people book with other carriers because of this and also how much BA lose per year in money because of this. The paid for seat policy has been in for quite some time now itso must be working, very profitable and making well into six figures, maybe more, per year?
Enjoy your F trip and hope it's NF!
I wonder how many people book with other carriers because of this and also how much BA lose per year in money because of this. The paid for seat policy has been in for quite some time now itso must be working, very profitable and making well into six figures, maybe more, per year?
Enjoy your F trip and hope it's NF!
Mar 31, 2011, 6:43 am
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All clear now! £840 is a fair bit of money just for seat allocation and better spent on the holiday itself.
I wonder how many people book with other carriers because of this and also how much BA lose per year in money because of this. The paid for seat policy has been in for quite some time now itso must be working, very profitable and making well into six figures, maybe more, per year?
Enjoy your F trip and hope it's NF!
I wonder how many people book with other carriers because of this and also how much BA lose per year in money because of this. The paid for seat policy has been in for quite some time now itso must be working, very profitable and making well into six figures, maybe more, per year?
Enjoy your F trip and hope it's NF!
I guess the issue is BA won't be able to accurately tell how many people don't book because of that. If I disappear off their radar they might assume my circumstances have changed so I can't afford to fly, rather than the fact i'm flying with someone else. (Anecdotal evidence suggests people like Trailfinders discourage clients from booking BA because of this policy.)
Mar 31, 2011, 7:06 am
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If silly people are prepared to pay to get a CW seat allocated then you can't blame BA for not polishing your benefits.