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Will the agent have this even if I’ve only paid a deposit for the holiday?

ISTFlyer

It would depend on your travel agencies ticket issuing policy on vacations. I don't know if they would provide the necessary information at this time but they should provide you the e-ticket number when you have paid all the installments.

flyertalker0013223

Hello everybody, and sorry if this has been asked before, but I can’t find any answer. I made a booking (PSA-LHR-EDI) on a ET Plus fare. At the time of booking, while selecting my flights and before providing payment, the BA website said I could choose a seat for free from 48 hours before departure. When I go to MMB the indication has changed, however, and can only choose at T-24.
Why is that? Because I’m a blue member? I did provide my BAEC number before I began the booking. Thank you!

corporate-wage-slave

My guess is that screen isn't taking the Plus fare into account, most people only get seat selection at OLCI. At T-48 it should work, there are plenty of FTers who find seat selection opens up then.

TribalistMeathead

Hi -

Mrs. Meathead and I are currently planning Little Meathead‘s second trip to England in the late spring of 2020. At the time we’re taking the trip, he will be 22 months old and will not turn 2 before we return. We would like to buy a seat for him, but it looks like we can only purchase an infant-in-arms ticket for him online and would need to call to book a seat for him. My question is: Since we’re flying Basic Economy and are entitled to select seats for free at booking when traveling with an infant, if we select seats at the time of booking and then call to purchase a seat for him, would we then lose the seats we’d reserved and have to pay to reserve seats for all three of us? And if we reserve seats near the bassinet table, would we lose those since we obviously won’t be using the bassinet?

Thanks!

SteveF

Could you pay for an extra "comfort" seat for yourself and sit Little MH in that? I've no idea if that will work or if there are cheaper options, but just an idea...

flyertalker0013223

Thank you, cws! That does make sense. I’ll have a look then, hopefully it’ll work!

TribalistMeathead

That’s what we want to do, I’m just not certain if doing that will mean we’d have to pay for seat assignments.

JAXBA

An extra seat for comfort (EXST) is charged at the adult fare.

An infant occupying a seat (INS) is charged the child fare.

reddishvelvet

I was wondering if someone could help me with the exit row seating situation. I am due to fly LHR to RAK on the A320 in Club Europe. I am Bronze, so went to select seating for my whole group (5 of us total) 7 days before. I am able to select the exit row, but it seems like some seats are missing. Only 11A,11D,12A and 12D are available on the seating map. Expert Flyer doesn't show 11C, 11F, 12C and 12F as blocked though - they are currently showing as unoccupied.

(I'd add screenshots but it won't let me as I'm a new member)

alphaeagle

I'm helping someone with economy flights for tomorrow, no status. First flight is on AA to ORD, second is ORD-LHR on BA with an AA flight number. It's not a basic economy fare. I can't see anyway to choose seat assignments for the BA flight for free. AA.com doesn't allow it of course, and BA.com wants you to check-in to get seat assignments. Which it errors out when you try since the first flight is operated by AA.

Checking in with AA doesn't give you the option to choose seats during the check-in process.

So how do you actually choose seats with BA in this situation? I've searched all over, this must not be an uncommon.

Edit, should clarify, I'm trying to get seats 24 hours before the BA flight.

YYCCL3

Interesting question that I noticed in another thread this morning. Does anyone have an answer or data point for this question? MMB will not allow you to select seats in an exit row for a passenger under 12, but will allow adults on the same booking to select an exit row. Would other passengers in a booking with a child be moved from the exit row to somewhere else, even if the child was not in an exit row seat ?

plunet

Just noticed that there appears to be a new arrow symbol on the exit row seat symbols down the back in Euro Traveller. Is this new or have I been unobservant? And if course there is no indication on the MMB page (at least not on a mobile browser) what the arrow means.



Letting my imagination run riot, maybe the arrow implies similar shaped gifts? Perhaps the crew will now supply exitrowers an umbrella to use as an impromptu parachute as a thankyou for opening the exit door. Eventually the arrow will point to small print warning stating that umbrellas will be reserved for those who can recite the instructions, know how to operate it, won't deploy until outside the aircraft, didn't have earphones on during the safety briefing, etc? I think a light for attracting attention as you parachute from on high might be useful.

Any thoughts?

YYCCL3

I thought I would answer my own question as a data point for others, now that this portion of my trip is complete.

We (parents + jr - 4 yrs old) flew 3 segments on the 744 UD that had at least one of us sitting in exit row seats. On one of the segments, both of the adults sat in exit seats (62A and 63B) and the child sat beside one of the parents (63A). There were no issues. We were asked once by a GA whether we were OK sitting in exit seats, that was it.

MNMAA

There should be a legend above the seat map, similar to the one below.
The arrows identify “extra legroom” seats, both standard and exit row.