Unable to select a seat in First (and puzzled)
Apr 5, 2019, 5:57 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2004
Programs: BA GGL, A3*G, Mucci de l'expertise des Apps
Posts: 3,363
BA status doesn't stop you being downgraded on BA, so AA status certainly doesn't prevent it either. It may help, it may not, it doesn't hurt.
Apr 5, 2019, 7:33 am
#17
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,811
Happening to my in CW LAS-LHR last year. I could not check-in at T-24. "need to do it at the airport", was the response from the call centre
Went to the airport well ahead of time, cabin was full, as was most of the flight. went to the gate anyhow (as advised), still CW was full. They asked to downgrade us to PE, but my partner has a bad knee, and required lay flat. With no options with other airlines to get us home much earlier, we were IDB, put on the flight the next day (didn't leave until we had guaranteed seat assignments), sorted out with food and lodgings, and given $1250 each on a prepaid card.
It was awful
Went to the airport well ahead of time, cabin was full, as was most of the flight. went to the gate anyhow (as advised), still CW was full. They asked to downgrade us to PE, but my partner has a bad knee, and required lay flat. With no options with other airlines to get us home much earlier, we were IDB, put on the flight the next day (didn't leave until we had guaranteed seat assignments), sorted out with food and lodgings, and given $1250 each on a prepaid card.
It was awful
Apr 5, 2019, 7:41 am
#18
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
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Apr 5, 2019, 8:37 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: BA GGL & GfL, AA LTP, Marriott (sigh) Ambassador, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,230
when i asked "what?" all he said was "from [his] experience, it helps if you check in online in advance to secure your seat rather than wait until airport"
so, not sure as he was just basing it off his personal experience i presume. but like many of us, i prefer the satisfaction of my boarding card on my phone somewhere around the T-24-20hr mark
Apr 5, 2019, 8:38 am
#20
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: near to SFO and LHR
Programs: BA Gold, B6 Mosiac, VS, AA, DL (and a legacy UA 2MM)
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