Prebooking seats for a friend (Same flight)
Nov 14, 2017, 7:07 am
#1
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Prebooking seats for a friend (Same flight)
Hi
I am BA Gold and on my last few flights I was able to book seats for my friend in Row 1. These were European flights.
For long haul, I was told it was not possible to book Row 1 for non-Gold members. Fair enough.
I am flying to Belfast on Thursday and two things I have noticed:
- my friend (BA Blue) can prebook seats for free even though check in will not open for another 24 hours.
- I called to book 1C and was told that this was not possible.
What's going on?
Did BA agent mistake long haul and domestic sectors? Or were my earlier experiences of this exceptions?
I am BA Gold and on my last few flights I was able to book seats for my friend in Row 1. These were European flights.
For long haul, I was told it was not possible to book Row 1 for non-Gold members. Fair enough.
I am flying to Belfast on Thursday and two things I have noticed:
- my friend (BA Blue) can prebook seats for free even though check in will not open for another 24 hours.
- I called to book 1C and was told that this was not possible.
What's going on?
Did BA agent mistake long haul and domestic sectors? Or were my earlier experiences of this exceptions?
Nov 14, 2017, 7:16 am
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bridport, Dorset
Programs: Mucci, BA Bronze, Hilton Gold
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Nov 14, 2017, 7:57 am
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: London
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Posts: 847
- I believe the published position is that only 1A and 1K in first class are restricted to the GCH. However my recent experience is that even when told this isn't possible (in exactly the same circumstance as yours) the seat allocation has been made for me. You may therefore get lucky, although otherwise it's not long until check in opens I guess.
