What strategy to get better seat?
Dec 12, 2010, 1:55 pm
#1
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What strategy to get better seat?
I am new to FT. I searched but could not find best strategy for getting better seat on Continental.
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R
Dec 12, 2010, 2:24 pm
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I am new to FT. I searched but could not find best strategy for getting better seat on Continental.
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R
Hello revheck
You might get a better response if you asked your question at the Continental FT board rather than here at British Airways. Good luck with your efforts to get a better seat.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/continental-onepass-488/
Dec 12, 2010, 2:44 pm
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To the good people of the Continental OnePass forum, please accept this thread with our compliments and hopefully along the way you can help out revheck with his/her query.
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Dec 12, 2010, 2:52 pm
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Hello revchek! Welcome to FlyerTalk!
visit https://www.continental.com/web/en-U...virtual_expert to find your local Continental phone number. I am assuming you are non-elite, so you do not have access to elite seating online. Over the phone, you may be lucky enough to have an agent willing to reseat you somewhere that you'd prefer.
visit https://www.continental.com/web/en-U...virtual_expert to find your local Continental phone number. I am assuming you are non-elite, so you do not have access to elite seating online. Over the phone, you may be lucky enough to have an agent willing to reseat you somewhere that you'd prefer.
Dec 12, 2010, 5:30 pm
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Welcome to the CO board;
1. You could buy a First class seat.
2. You can call Continental Customer Service and hopefully you will be given a better seat.
3. You can ask to buy a better seat - exit row or bulkhead row. (may be worth it on such a long flight)
keep in mind that this flight is usually packed and more so with elites so many of the "better seats" may already be taken.
I am not sure why you were not allowed to choose a seat when you booked the flight - maybe because you did not buy it on continental.com?
Good luck
1. You could buy a First class seat.
2. You can call Continental Customer Service and hopefully you will be given a better seat.
3. You can ask to buy a better seat - exit row or bulkhead row. (may be worth it on such a long flight)
keep in mind that this flight is usually packed and more so with elites so many of the "better seats" may already be taken.
I am not sure why you were not allowed to choose a seat when you booked the flight - maybe because you did not buy it on continental.com?
Good luck
Dec 12, 2010, 6:06 pm
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Keep doing OLCI over and over, as frequently as you have time. Chances are some other seats may open up between now and the time you go to the airport. And even then you can still ask at the gate.
But I don't know how you define a "bad seat". If you are already in an aisle (if you want an aisle) or a window (if you want a window), then chances of improving is clearly less than if say you're in the middle seat in the last row, and any other seat opened up will be an improvement.
But I don't know how you define a "bad seat". If you are already in an aisle (if you want an aisle) or a window (if you want a window), then chances of improving is clearly less than if say you're in the middle seat in the last row, and any other seat opened up will be an improvement.
Dec 12, 2010, 6:27 pm
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I am new to FT. I searched but could not find best strategy for getting better seat on Continental.
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R
I booked flight to from EWR to SFO two weeks ago, but did not offer seat assignment at that time. I thought I could check in 24 hours early (today) and seats would be available. They have assigned me 1 bad seat, but no others are shown available. Is there anything I can still do?
What should I have done?
R