seat selection business class with kids
Jul 1, 2021, 8:03 am
#16
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i wont be flying on BA metal until this trip. i checked to see about cancelling and rebooking on a different airline but the price is 50% more at least. I will bite the bullet and pay another $2k to secure seats together. Funny how i was telling my wife that if the cost of the tickets was simply $2k more i wouldn't complain, but the fact that i have to pay $2k to select seats upsets me!
Jul 1, 2021, 8:03 am
#18
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For Bronze (oneworld ruby) you'll nedd 2 segments on BA marketed or operated flights - though Bronze will only give you a free seat selection 7 days before the flight.
Jul 1, 2021, 8:03 am
#19
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To earn Silver you need four BA flights and 600 tier points. Doing that in two months is not really possible for OP. And Bronze with 300 tier points and two BA flights gives you seat selection a week out. I'd not bother.
Jul 1, 2021, 8:07 am
#20
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Bay Area California
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I am an AS MVP G and I was able to assign seats for free for my upcoming CE/CW trip with BA - booked with AS miles. But I would never ever spend my hard earned money to buy a business class ticket on BA - It is a disgrace charging for assigning seats in business class - which other airline charges extra money to assign seats in business class?
In addition - sub par business class experience hard and soft product are way below industry standard and not improving fast enough - and airport / lounge experience is terrible (see LCA lounge thread for example)
In addition - sub par business class experience hard and soft product are way below industry standard and not improving fast enough - and airport / lounge experience is terrible (see LCA lounge thread for example)
Jul 1, 2021, 8:07 am
#21
Join Date: Nov 2010
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i wont be flying on BA metal until this trip. i checked to see about cancelling and rebooking on a different airline but the price is 50% more at least. I will bite the bullet and pay another $2k to secure seats together. Funny how i was telling my wife that if the cost of the tickets was simply $2k more i wouldn't complain, but the fact that i have to pay $2k to select seats upsets me!
Jul 1, 2021, 8:19 am
#22
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I am an AS MVP G and I was able to assign seats for free for my upcoming CE/CW trip with BA - booked with AS miles. But I would never ever spend my hard earned money to buy a business class ticket on BA - It is a disgrace charging for assigning seats in business class - which other airline charges extra money to assign seats in business class?
In addition - sub par business class experience hard and soft product are way below industry standard and not improving fast enough - and airport / lounge experience is terrible (see LCA lounge thread for example)
In addition - sub par business class experience hard and soft product are way below industry standard and not improving fast enough - and airport / lounge experience is terrible (see LCA lounge thread for example)
I will say that last month i was booked on a AA fare from MIA-LHR and my incoming flight was delayed so they put me on the BA A350 from MIA-LHR and i was blown away by that business class seat. One of the better ones i have ever flown. So hoping they'll start upgrading all their planes
Jul 1, 2021, 1:41 pm
#23
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I will say that last month i was booked on a AA fare from MIA-LHR and my incoming flight was delayed so they put me on the BA A350 from MIA-LHR and i was blown away by that business class seat. One of the better ones i have ever flown. So hoping they'll start upgrading all their planes
Jul 1, 2021, 2:59 pm
#24
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: SFO
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I think you get free seat selection if you have a lap infant on the reservation. According to the BA site:
That could be an interesting hack: paying the extra charge for a made-up lap infant to get free seat selection
The lap infant might cost less than $2k...
When you travel with an infant (under 2) who won't be travelling in a seat of their own, you can choose a seat for yourself and everyone in your booking, free of charge, as soon as you've made your booking (except for bookings of over 9 people).
The lap infant might cost less than $2k...
Jul 1, 2021, 5:55 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,589
You can also currently put the infant ticket in for a FTV just before travel/OLCI for a future reservation. The only snag would be getting the seats assigned to hold in for the return portion of the journey. Same would apply if you travelled without your lap infant as they will be considered a no-show.
Jul 2, 2021, 5:45 am
#26
Join Date: Aug 2016
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Start a status challenge with AA and pay the extra to get Platnium status upfront. You will probably need to remove your AA number from the reservation and then add it again after you begin the challenge. You should be able to select the seats for free and earn status from this flight.