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How does CX Seating Work?

So I tried to reserve my seats online on the CX manage booking website and they barley had any seats left, except on the very end of the 777-300ER near the toilets. So I thought that all the other seats are taken. Then during a airfare website I saw that my flight had a lot of available seats left.

So what is up with that?

Should I cancel the seats I reserved near the bathroom?, all I really want is a window seat

Also I am traveling with a few others and one person is handicapped, will there be free priority seating for that individual?

check the seat map regularly before your flight, random seats will open up. i was originally in 65A on the 77A but now i got 33A

CX also hold back a significant block of seats for airport allocation, so when you do online check in you will see a lot of seats open up that were previously not available for selection.

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Originally Posted by hello5412355 (Post 16010956)

I've heard from a flying expert that planes are "safer" to fly with equal number of people sitting up front AND towards the back. It is not as safe for everyone to sit up front and leave all the back rows empty. So generally, airlines will block out seats in the middle and have pax either pick seats up the very front, or choose seats in the back. Obviously with more tickets sold the blocks of seats will become available.

CX does block off a lot of seats (particularly in the front cabin) for members (silver and above) to select. so if you arent a silver/above member, try calling them up or just wait till 48hrs before departure when OLCI starts to reserve a seat towards the front
but since there's a handicapped person in your booking, i'm sure if you phone CX, they'll organise something for you free of charge

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Originally Posted by jasjasper (Post 16034851)

CX does block off a lot of seats (particularly in the front cabin) for members (silver and above) to select. so if you arent a silver/above member, try calling them up or just wait till 48hrs before departure when OLCI starts to reserve a seat towards the front
but since there's a handicapped person in your booking, i'm sure if you phone CX, they'll organise something for you free of charge

Front Cabin, whereas premium cabin, alway has no or little blockage of seats.
In regards to main cabin, I think CathayBoy has a more accurate statement, as from my experience, CX blocked seats in the middle of the plane. Not Front, not Back.

On an upcoming flight on a 777, I am waiting to hear if they will give me two aisle seats in the bulkhead. For some reason the middle seat is blocked. Does anyone know why a middle seat of 3 in the bulkhead is blocked, with no one sitting on either side? Seems a bit strange, IMHO!

Also, is there adequate legroom at the VERY DESIRED bulkhead?