Fifteen quid for exit row seat?
May 7, 2017, 4:04 pm
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Fifteen quid for exit row seat?
Just popped in to manage my booking for tomorrow's domestic schlep ... and my preferred exit row seat is asking for £15😦? When the heck did that change? I'm 99% sure I've never paid before, and my last flights were last week - is this a new and previously unadvertised enhancement?
May 7, 2017, 4:27 pm
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Status Bronze, so I don't bother trying with seating until sub-24 hours out.
Ticket 'normal' discount economy - not an HBO or a super-cheap bucket, nor flex.
Ticket 'normal' discount economy - not an HBO or a super-cheap bucket, nor flex.
May 8, 2017, 4:54 pm
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Bronze should give you an exit row for free on ET from 7 days out though?
May 8, 2017, 4:55 pm
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May 9, 2017, 12:13 am
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I'm very careful to avoid the HBO fare - and the TA system makes it hard to miss it - but I could have made a mistake. Sector flown now so I'll check again next week... but I've never seen a screen with free seat selection *except* exit rows on BA ever, which is what made it jump out at me (well, that and I wanted an exit row).
May 9, 2017, 12:15 am
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May 9, 2017, 1:46 am
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Just popped in to manage my booking for tomorrow's domestic schlep ... and my preferred exit row seat is asking for £15😦? When the heck did that change? I'm 99% sure I've never paid before, and my last flights were last week - is this a new and previously unadvertised enhancement?
May 9, 2017, 1:49 am
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