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Old Jul 27, 22, 6:19 am
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BA2364 (QR11) - allocated non existent seats on A380
Checking seats for a trip back via DOH to LHR, I have been allocated seats 3A 4B 5A, that don't exist on a a Qatar A380 - and when I check on qatar's site, the anomaly is clear.
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Old Jul 27, 22, 6:24 am
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Originally Posted by flyerkit
Checking seats for a trip back via DOH to LHR, I have been allocated seats 3A 4B 5A, that don't exist on a a Qatar A380 - and when I check on qatar's site, the anomaly is clear.
Any ideas?

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Old Jul 27, 22, 6:37 am
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When are you travelling ?
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Old Jul 27, 22, 6:41 am
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Originally Posted by JackDann
I don't want to get your hopes up - but you may have been upgraded. I've heard this happen to a few people lately on the A380. These seats are in First. If you have indeed been upgraded then make sure to enjoy plenty of glasses of Krug and the private escort through Business Class to the Bar / Lounge.
First on the Qatar A380 is only rows 1 & 2 - so sadly that isn't it.

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Old Jul 27, 22, 7:02 am
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I'd hazard a guess it's an aircraft swap to something with QSuites where the rearward facing seats are "A" and the forward facing seats are "B". Either a flavour of B777 or A350
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Old Jul 27, 22, 7:07 am
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It's an aircraft swap. I had this yesterday. It's a time lag issue between BA's and Qatar's systems.
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Old Jul 27, 22, 8:38 am
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It is an aircraft swap - go on to the QR website to reassign seats. Dont believe this you have been upgraded nonsense if in advance of travelling
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Old Jul 27, 22, 9:29 am
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In my view, a change of business seating to QSuites is an upgrade even if it isn't on an A380.
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Old Jul 27, 22, 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by SKT-DK
It is an aircraft swap - go on to the QR website to reassign seats. Dont believe this you have been upgraded nonsense if in advance of travelling
In fairness to my point - a friend of mine recently was given a seat change on the A380 and didn't realise that this meant he was now seated in First. With that being fresh in the mind, that was my automatic assumption (Although I did say that it may not be the case). God knows why I forgot that there were 3 rows in it though... when I last flew it was full and just felt much busier than only 8 seats.

Fwiw an aircraft swap to Q Suites might even be better than an upgrade to First on the A380.
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Old Aug 13, 22, 10:27 am
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Flying outbound tomorrow on an A380 - the return is still this mysterious A380 with missing rows. I will check when I get to LHRR..
Thanks for all your ideas / thoughts.
The QR site shows the same seats booked!
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Old Aug 13, 22, 1:23 pm
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Originally Posted by flyerkit
Flying outbound tomorrow on an A380 - the return is still this mysterious A380 with missing rows. I will check when I get to LHRR..
Thanks for all your ideas / thoughts.
The QR site shows the same seats booked!
Hi
I'm not sure why any of the more experienced flyers/forum members haven't helped you but I'm pretty sure this is where you'll be sitting:

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Old Aug 13, 22, 4:08 pm
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Originally Posted by danmushman
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I'm not sure why any of the more experienced flyers/forum members haven't helped you but I'm pretty sure this is where you'll be sitting:

crew rest area maybe...
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Old Aug 13, 22, 4:40 pm
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Can one pre-book the toilet seat?
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Old Aug 14, 22, 5:20 am
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I think the answer is a little more prosaic than some suggestions, I preselected row 3 on our A350 flight in December, aircraft changed to A380 but the seat reservations remained until I selected new seats
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