Silver/Golds can no longer select Exit Rows in advance?
Feb 18, 2016, 8:08 am
#376
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I still can't book exit rows as GGL but to be honest for the little bit of shorthaul I still do with BA, which has to be in economy, I've decided it's not worth bothering about. I'm 6ft3, find a regular row very cramped so I'm now paying for a exit row on easyjet. It's not a solution for everyone but Gatwick is only 20 minutes further in the car, similar journey time by train. I'll also explore the options for seating my Star Alliance Gold card gives me (courtesy of Life membership of SAA's Voyager program) for travel to Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia.
Feb 18, 2016, 8:27 am
#377
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No ASR possible on LH/LX/OS/SN except for high fares which has nothing to do with your card (Plus Light & Relax SN). SK allow ASR for Gold but not exit rows.
Feb 18, 2016, 8:31 am
#378
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: London
Programs: BA silver, VS, Jet, Carlson gold, Amex Plat
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Have I missed something and there is going to be a change in Silver seat allocation rules?
Feb 18, 2016, 8:34 am
#379
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Feb 18, 2016, 8:35 am
#380
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Feb 18, 2016, 8:48 am
#381
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Feb 18, 2016, 8:49 am
#382
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Feb 18, 2016, 1:23 pm
#383
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW London
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!My upcoming TATL at the w/e is a H fare, so offered seat selection since booking on fare basis. I can't recall whether exit row seats were available for cost or free back then, but I'm guessing not as I would have selected one.
It was offering to sell me exit row seats 4 days before the flight. Do you think they should have been free by then based on Silver status, or do you mean available to buy
?I don't really mind, but it does highlight that there are a myriad of overlapping rules and bugs that perhaps makes what one sees and thought they understood into a battle of reality vs fiction
!
Feb 18, 2016, 2:30 pm
#384
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: EY - Gold, BA - Gold
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Posting only as information to others.
Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed
Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed
Last edited by Prospero; Feb 18, 2016 at 4:11 pm Reason: Remove unnecessary provocative remark
Feb 18, 2016, 2:37 pm
#385
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed.
Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed.
Last edited by Prospero; Feb 18, 2016 at 4:12 pm Reason: Update quotation
Feb 18, 2016, 2:42 pm
#386
Join Date: Aug 2015
Programs: EY - Gold, BA - Gold
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She was clear, unapologetic, unbothered and said Silvers had no entitlement until T-24hr (as if it had always been this way). Mentioned that they were reserved and 'confirmed' since then and she couldn't care less.
Didn't HUACA as there was no misunderstanding what she was saying.
Didn't HUACA as there was no misunderstanding what she was saying.
Last edited by jose2000; Feb 18, 2016 at 2:51 pm Reason: re-phrased to remove ambiguity: 'at this moment'
Feb 18, 2016, 3:36 pm
#388
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Worcs., UK
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Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed.
Booked short haul flight a few months back and as a silver reserved exit rows. T-7 now, and these are now greyed out and my seats are moved elsewhere.
Spoke to BA - they said Silvers can no longer select exit row seats and the issue is not an IT glitch. They were also unable to give a price if we wanted to pay.
My opinion of BA service obviously hasn't changed.
Last edited by Prospero; Feb 18, 2016 at 4:12 pm Reason: Update quotation
Feb 18, 2016, 3:36 pm
#389
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Feb 18, 2016, 3:52 pm
#390
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In case it is possible to reserve them that way.
Actually, I wonder whether there is a difference in the possibility to reserve exit row seats before or after the payment page. If I try to reserve seats before payment, exit row seats are blocked in either case (even with Gold status).
Actually, I wonder whether there is a difference in the possibility to reserve exit row seats before or after the payment page. If I try to reserve seats before payment, exit row seats are blocked in either case (even with Gold status).