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Dec 3, 2006, 3:33 pm
#16
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I'm happy to pay under £200 for CE return. Most of mine of late have actgually been closer to £150 inc.
For me - Getting an AC seat means my partner & I don't have to have anyone next to us, we get better catering than the crap they are dishing out ex LGW these days... oh and some champers.... It also helps to ensure I don't loose my QF gold!
For me - Getting an AC seat means my partner & I don't have to have anyone next to us, we get better catering than the crap they are dishing out ex LGW these days... oh and some champers.... It also helps to ensure I don't loose my QF gold!
Are you concerned about loosing the QF gold or losing it?
Dave
Dec 3, 2006, 3:49 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Australia
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I would pay a bit extra , but not much. GBP200 for a CE return to Amsterdam I would not cough up for . GBP200 for a r/t to TFS , I would happily pay. I have found that , unless a flight is full, booking the AC or DF for 2 people in economy is likely to end up with an empty middle seat anywayt
Are you concerned about loosing the QF gold or losing it?
Dave
Are you concerned about loosing the QF gold or losing it?
Dave
But yes I agree...200 to AMS is a rip off.. but my recent flights were kef & vno, both over 2.5 hrs and got them for about £150
As for getting AC in Y on BA shorthaul.. I've yet to see a lightly loaded flight this year
Not saying it doesn't happen, but not on the flights I've been on recently.
Last edited by ANstar; Dec 3, 2006 at 3:57 pm Reason: punctuation
Dec 3, 2006, 4:24 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 736
Which leads to an interesting proposition: Golds/Silvers all pre-assign the first few rows behind row 8, nice and dandy. Then come OLCI, they fix the curtain at row 4 anyway and suddenly rows 4-8 are open to everyone in ET...the best seats will then be nabbed by Blues because the (less clued up) Silver/Golds think they've already got a seat and don't try to OLCI to change it! The scramble for the 'first two AC seats in ET' will remain!
Dec 3, 2006, 4:51 pm
#19
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Yup. I indeed added an incorrect character 
I don't comment on most spelling issues, just that there seems to be an epidemic on FT these days of "loose" rather than "lose" , plus extra special words like "loosing"
Dave
I don't comment on most spelling issues, just that there seems to be an epidemic on FT these days of "loose" rather than "lose" , plus extra special words like "loosing" Dave
Dec 3, 2006, 4:52 pm
#20
Join Date: Mar 2003
Programs: BA - GGL GFL
Posts: 1,777
Just looked at the Y map for a flight I'm booked on in April. Rows 4-8 and 10-11 (EE) - all blocked. Six seats appear to be pre-assigned in rows 24 & 25 - hope two of those are not mine.
Will I prefer the first row AC, if you can't get the EE either, what's the point of pre-assigning.
Will I prefer the first row AC, if you can't get the EE either, what's the point of pre-assigning.
Dec 4, 2006, 2:21 am
#21
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Well just made a booking and went in. As expected the front rows are indeed blocked -- even if you are Gold :-(
So not much point to all of this really.
Oh and just checked another booking and the bloody seat shifters are still hard at work!!
So not much point to all of this really.
Oh and just checked another booking and the bloody seat shifters are still hard at work!!
Dec 4, 2006, 4:00 am
#22
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SAN
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Posts: 4,381
And what is the point of all this if from tomorrow they will unblock all CE seats anyway
Dec 4, 2006, 4:04 am
#23
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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghh!!!!!
What is it with these w@nkers???
OK, shifted yesterday (or at some point) from 2AC to 1DE.
Try to move back. Can't.
Call up Gold line. They can't get us back into 2AC, but can put us in 3AC and says will put note to the seat shifters to shift us back (whom I bet have memorised 'Computer says noooo! *Cough* ' from Little Britian).
Check again and we're back to 1DE!!!
I can't stand it!
OK, shifted yesterday (or at some point) from 2AC to 1DE.
Try to move back. Can't.
Call up Gold line. They can't get us back into 2AC, but can put us in 3AC and says will put note to the seat shifters to shift us back (whom I bet have memorised 'Computer says noooo! *Cough* ' from Little Britian).
Check again and we're back to 1DE!!!
I can't stand it!
Dec 4, 2006, 11:41 am
#26
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 736
Just booked into a flight in Euro Traveler. The ET seatmap now shows up on checkmytrip.com, revealing my bad seats (behind the buffer zone). As I wrote earlier, this is a real backwards step for me, as it doesn't look like I'll get the good seats unless I do it myself at T-24.
However, there seems to be a glitch in the seatmaps. The outbound leg is showing the front row (row 9) seats including the A&C as available, with the rows immediately behind being blocked (they are exit rows on the A320). The return leg on an A319 shows the first three rows of ET (10-12) as blocked as expected. Odd.
Of course, MMB doesn't offer me a 'change my seat' link to test out whether I can assign 9A on the outbound. This might be because my flight hasn't been ticketed yet, or more likely due to this or another glitch.
However, there seems to be a glitch in the seatmaps. The outbound leg is showing the front row (row 9) seats including the A&C as available, with the rows immediately behind being blocked (they are exit rows on the A320). The return leg on an A319 shows the first three rows of ET (10-12) as blocked as expected. Odd.
Of course, MMB doesn't offer me a 'change my seat' link to test out whether I can assign 9A on the outbound. This might be because my flight hasn't been ticketed yet, or more likely due to this or another glitch.
Dec 4, 2006, 4:19 pm
#27
Join Date: Aug 2006
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 361
Just seen CW above wing
I've just been on to check our LHR to SFO flight next year, 3rd Oct Mrs DMF's birthday and off for fleet week, to see if all the seats on the upper deck have opened up (not yet) but CW is showing as rows 17 to 20 on the lower deck.
Will check back tomorrow to see if I can change seats, on the upper deck of course
DeadManFlying
Will check back tomorrow to see if I can change seats, on the upper deck of course
DeadManFlying
Dec 5, 2006, 1:21 am
#28
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 736
"Sorry, we are unable to confirm your seat request(s) at this time. Please try again later or check in at the earliest opportunity in order to choose the best available seat(s)"