Preferred Seating Enhancement?
Jul 14, 2015, 10:20 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2014
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Preferred Seating Enhancement?
I am a DM and I decided to book a flight for a non-status friend for myself and my friend for the weekend using miles. I first booked the flight on the app and was going to go and select seats after check out and it showed that there was none available.
With redemption being 12,500 miles one way I was curious to be able to get get a "low" mileage ticket without any seats available on my flight. When I just did a dummy booking on the Delta site, I saw that there were many seats available on the flight, but they were all considered "preferred" seats.
When I logged into my account online, I was still not able to select the preferred seats as they were not showing up online as well as the app. Is this a new enhancement on the horizon or a problem with delta.dumb?
Any ideas?
With redemption being 12,500 miles one way I was curious to be able to get get a "low" mileage ticket without any seats available on my flight. When I just did a dummy booking on the Delta site, I saw that there were many seats available on the flight, but they were all considered "preferred" seats.
When I logged into my account online, I was still not able to select the preferred seats as they were not showing up online as well as the app. Is this a new enhancement on the horizon or a problem with delta.dumb?
Any ideas?
Jul 14, 2015, 11:04 am
#3
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You should call the DM line and ask to have your itinerary linked to that of your friend. They ask to book preferred seats together. IIRC it's an unpublished courtesy, but elites have been able to bring one person not on the same PNR into preferred or EC/C+ seats for free.
Jul 14, 2015, 11:05 am
#4
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I had us booked on the same itinerary with 2 tickets being redeemed at the same time and on the same PNR. I ended up calling the DM line and they assigned us seats but found it odd to not be able to do it online like I have done numerous times in the past
Jul 14, 2015, 11:07 am
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Then call or tweet to get seat assignments. With a nonelite on the PNR, you might not be able to do this online. It might help to add your friend's DL FF number to his/her reservation. [DL requires this for companion upgrade eligibility.]
Jul 16, 2015, 7:19 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,394
Did your companion have a Skymiles account on the record?
I know no accrual on a mileage ticket but I wonder if the P seats might (online at least) require an account attached to each person just like complimentary upgrades for companions?
No clue if this is the case or not but a theory.
I know no accrual on a mileage ticket but I wonder if the P seats might (online at least) require an account attached to each person just like complimentary upgrades for companions?
No clue if this is the case or not but a theory.