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paramount Oct 13, 2011 7:20 pm

Exit Row
 
How can you book exit row seats when purchasing a ticket?

Para

3Cforme Oct 13, 2011 7:24 pm

Exit rows are often designated Preferred seats, held for Delta SkyMiles elites. Purchase of a Y or B fare should get one access.

LADELTA777 Oct 13, 2011 7:26 pm

You can get these if you a medallion or book a ticket on M B or Y class, I don't now if H class gets you exit row access

paramount Oct 13, 2011 7:29 pm

Y is full fare economy. What is B fare?

paramount Oct 13, 2011 7:29 pm

Also are they ever made available to regular people like me?

javabytes Oct 13, 2011 7:32 pm

Yes, when you purchase a very expensive coach fare (as others have mentioned, Y or B). B is the second-highest coach fare class after Y.

Any unclaimed preferred seats are released within a few hours of departure for anyone to use.

davetravels Oct 13, 2011 7:36 pm


Originally Posted by paramount (Post 17270857)
Also are they ever made available to regular people like me?

Regular people??? There's a joke in there somewhere!! :)

paramount Oct 13, 2011 8:31 pm

Haha... I will normally do ~20 segments a year so I never qualify for any medallion status. Making me just "regular" lol...

javabytes Oct 13, 2011 8:32 pm

Segment run! :D

nystateofmind Oct 13, 2011 8:35 pm

Unless you want to wait until two hours prior to departure of your first flight:

1) On the 75E from JFK-LAX/SFO and vice versa 36D is available to all
2) On the A319 I have seen 9B and 9E open to everyone
3) On the 75X I have sometimes seen 19B open to all

houserulz77 Oct 13, 2011 8:48 pm


Originally Posted by nystateofmind (Post 17271171)
Unless you want to wait until two hours prior to departure of your first flight:

This is your best answer OP.....often can snag these at the airport kiosk.

jamesteroh Oct 13, 2011 8:53 pm

If you are a SC member, sometimes an agent will also snag you one of those seats. I lost my status for a while and some SC agents would be willing to book me in an exit row on my return flight if the seat was available.

javabytes Oct 13, 2011 11:00 pm


Originally Posted by nystateofmind (Post 17271171)
Unless you want to wait until two hours prior to departure of your first flight:

1) On the 75E from JFK-LAX/SFO and vice versa 36D is available to all
2) On the A319 I have seen 9B and 9E open to everyone
3) On the 75X I have sometimes seen 19B open to all

9A now seems accessible to everyone on A319s...

paramount Oct 14, 2011 6:20 am

So they are released exactly 2 hours prior to boarding.... That is when I will check in from now on!

jamesteroh Oct 14, 2011 6:55 am


Originally Posted by paramount (Post 17272747)
So they are released exactly 2 hours prior to boarding.... That is when I will check in from now on!

If your 20 segments are all done out of airports with SC's, might pay you to look into a SC membership or a Platnium Am Ex. For a while when I lost my status, I would ask the SC if they could put me in an exit row (and if I got a ride to the airport sometimes it would be more than 2 hours before the flight) and could get them to put me in an exit row (or at least give me a better seat that wasn't on the seat map as open) on the return flight as well.


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