Reward Seats Release Time
Apr 29, 2019, 1:54 am
#1
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Reward Seats Release Time
On the look out for F reward seats on some flights we have already booked in J.
If they become available what time of day would they appear on the BA site?
If they become available what time of day would they appear on the BA site?
Apr 29, 2019, 2:09 am
#2
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So if there is no availability after that point, there is no guarantee of anything opening up later. It does happen though sometimes later but I don’t think on any guaranteed day although I would imagine the time would be the same.
I am unaware of any pattern to the seats released after the initial time although I’m sure someone else might have some more information.
Apr 29, 2019, 2:47 am
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Some F seats are released at t-355, and we have recently (by chance) booked 2 outbound. Inbound is currently J only and the agent seems to think that F reward availability is rare on the return route. Judging by the stats on rewardflightfinder, most seats seem to become available overnight, so unless you want to be up every night at 1am, you might want to subscribe and set up an alert. Maybe also on expertflyer. Both will send you alerts when seats become available.
Apr 29, 2019, 3:49 am
#4
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All guaranteed reward seats are released at T-355 days at 0000 GMT (0100 BST).
So if there is no availability after that point, there is no guarantee of anything opening up later. It does happen though sometimes later but I don’t think on any guaranteed day although I would imagine the time would be the same.
I am unaware of any pattern to the seats released after the initial time although I’m sure someone else might have some more information.
What I am asking is If by chance F seats do become available will they appear at midnight, Midday or some other specified time? Or is it a random time?
Apr 29, 2019, 4:02 am
#5
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I am aware of when seats are originally offered and as I have already flights booked in J the 355 day rule does not apply. I am also aware there is no guarantee of seats becoming available.
What I am asking is If by chance F seats do become available will they appear at midnight, Midday or some other specified time? Or is it a random time?
What I am asking is If by chance F seats do become available will they appear at midnight, Midday or some other specified time? Or is it a random time?
Apr 30, 2019, 10:58 am
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Apr 30, 2019, 1:15 pm
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Note that there are already a lot of threads on when (notably what time of the day) award seats are released - with a search you'll get a lot of detailed experiences about what times people got theirs, what are the exceptions, and also when in terms of early on, nearer the date etc.
