Theoretical infant-in-arms
Apr 28, 2018, 4:04 pm
#16
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Mucci de l'Arbitrage
Posts: 927
If your inbound is more than 72 hours later than your outbound you will most likely lose your inbound seat assignments. You have no risk of losing your outbound assignments unless you pick bassinet seats.
If you lose your return assignments I cannot see the maths work on 10% vs cost of seats - unless maybe you had very cheap short haul economy, in which case why bother with seat assignments in the first place.
Note also that not all rows cater for an additional oxygen mask, so it may well be your coveted seat shows as unavailable to you using your strategy, even if it is available to others.
If you lose your return assignments I cannot see the maths work on 10% vs cost of seats - unless maybe you had very cheap short haul economy, in which case why bother with seat assignments in the first place.
Note also that not all rows cater for an additional oxygen mask, so it may well be your coveted seat shows as unavailable to you using your strategy, even if it is available to others.
Apr 28, 2018, 9:43 pm
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 756
Even one-way, the savings could be significant, especially in CW long-haul ($100+ per seat assignment).