Missing J seats on two-class 332
Jan 23, 2012 | 1:16 pm
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Missing J seats on two-class 332
I have a flight booked MCT-DXB in J on a two-class 332. The seat map on the EK website appears to be missing the middle bank of seats in row 2. Seat Guru shows 2DEF as existing.
Which is correct? Just curious.
Which is correct? Just curious.
Jan 23, 2012 | 9:28 pm
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Depending on when your flight be, it might be a planned aircraft swap from a two class A330 to a three class A330, as EK regularly will sell first class as business class on lower yielding routes such as Newcastle or Riyadh. This means that the aircraft is being sold as having 54J/183Y unlike the conventional 12F/42J/183Y, in which case rows 1, 2, and 3 will all be first class in the configuration of 2-2-2 but sold as business class! Best seats if you can get them!
Jan 23, 2012 | 9:56 pm
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This flight is not until 26.4. I am flying EK 863 connecting to EK 953 MCT-DXB-BEY on a F ticket, but seated in J MCT-DXB since F is not offered on this flight.
So you are saying that sometimes a swap occurs and a three-class 332 might be used? If that happens, would I be allocated a seat in the F cabin? I gather that the service would still be J (which does not really matter on a 50 min flight). Not that this matters; I booked F for the lounge in DXB and the suite to BEY.
So you are saying that sometimes a swap occurs and a three-class 332 might be used? If that happens, would I be allocated a seat in the F cabin? I gather that the service would still be J (which does not really matter on a 50 min flight). Not that this matters; I booked F for the lounge in DXB and the suite to BEY.
Jan 24, 2012 | 3:27 am
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This flight is not until 26.4. I am flying EK 863 connecting to EK 953 MCT-DXB-BEY on a F ticket, but seated in J MCT-DXB since F is not offered on this flight.
So you are saying that sometimes a swap occurs and a three-class 332 might be used? If that happens, would I be allocated a seat in the F cabin? I gather that the service would still be J (which does not really matter on a 50 min flight). Not that this matters; I booked F for the lounge in DXB and the suite to BEY.
So you are saying that sometimes a swap occurs and a three-class 332 might be used? If that happens, would I be allocated a seat in the F cabin? I gather that the service would still be J (which does not really matter on a 50 min flight). Not that this matters; I booked F for the lounge in DXB and the suite to BEY.
