Curtain move - any advantage to not re-seating?
Jun 30, 2018, 3:16 am
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Curtain move - any advantage to not re-seating?
Hi,
Upcoming flight to Italy, when I booked the flight 06C was available as the front row of economy so I took it. Looking today row 7 is now the front row qnd 07C is available. At a guess this means they’ve extended Club, but the app says 06C confirmed. Is there any advantage to holding 06C or do I just move to 07C now to guarantee not being reseated in a middle in the back of the plane?
Thanks! Russ
Upcoming flight to Italy, when I booked the flight 06C was available as the front row of economy so I took it. Looking today row 7 is now the front row qnd 07C is available. At a guess this means they’ve extended Club, but the app says 06C confirmed. Is there any advantage to holding 06C or do I just move to 07C now to guarantee not being reseated in a middle in the back of the plane?
Thanks! Russ
Jun 30, 2018, 3:23 am
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You have already been moved but the app does not reflect that. Pick the seat you desire now (you may have to call to do that) to avoid being unpleasantly surprised to find yourself in a seat you don’t want when checkin opens.
Jun 30, 2018, 3:23 am
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Depends a bit how far off the flight is, but broadly speaking if you are in 6C on an ET ticket and row 6 is reallocated to CE, then at check-in / the gate you will be reallocated another seat, and at that stage of the game it's probably going to be a middle seat down the back. The only advantage I can think of for retaining 6C is in case the curtain goes forward again, in which case you will be fine; or if you like the thrill of random seat allocations. If your flight is further off you may want to consider going a little further back, just in case the curtain marches back again. If playing curtain roulette, it's a surprisingly difficult game to win.
Jun 30, 2018, 5:46 am
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Once due to the curtain movement I was reseated from front row of Economy to the last row of Business. It was on Swiss Avro years ago. But the movement of curtain was really last minute - during the takeoff due to unlocked latch 
Jun 30, 2018, 7:56 am
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Upcoming flight to Italy, when I booked the flight 06C was available as the front row of economy so I took it. Looking today row 7 is now the front row qnd 07C is available. At a guess this means they’ve extended Club, but the app says 06C confirmed. Is there any advantage to holding 06C or do I just move to 07C now to guarantee not being reseated in a middle in the back of the plane?
Jun 30, 2018, 8:34 am
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Likely less than the goodwill it generates by selling additional CE when there s a demand.
I am fairly certain that BA's marketing people have considered this issue and that is why BA persists in selling a Y hard product as J by blocking the middle seat. If it were not so, would make all the sense in the world to replace the 3-3 with a hard product to match.
I am fairly certain that BA's marketing people have considered this issue and that is why BA persists in selling a Y hard product as J by blocking the middle seat. If it were not so, would make all the sense in the world to replace the 3-3 with a hard product to match.
Jun 30, 2018, 1:01 pm
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I doubt anyone planning a future flight and seeing that there are CE seats for sale will have a warm internal glow that somehow BA have done them a personal favour.
Anecdotal experience from a number of high-status colleagues suggests that being evicted from the front rows of BA Y is a routine, common occurance which happens far more frequently on BA than anyone else.