Twin seats in economy - worth the cost?
#16
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,278
Just went through this for the first time as I get free seats as Gold. Flying with my mother on Monday on separate tickets and she's in a special and no status so at exactly T-48 checked her in and all seats had been assigned prior to OLCI, the only 2 seats together happened to be twins so happy to have snagged them, but point being that even at T-48 seat selection will be limited. Upper deck A380 definitely nice
Has anyone else noticed this and is my take on it accurate?
#17
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Off topic, but I've just made my first economy class booking since the paid for seat rules were introduced. When I first went in to Manage a Booking I noticed I'd been automatically allocated regular seats and changed them to my choices (I'm Gold so could get up front ones for free and centres upstairs on the A380). If everyone now is getting allocated seats when a trip is booked, it's going to severely restrict the choices of those who are airline savvy or who juggle seats to get an empty one next to them.
Has anyone else noticed this and is my take on it accurate?
Has anyone else noticed this and is my take on it accurate?
#18
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: UK/Mauritius
Programs: EK Skywards silver Miles and Smiles Hilton Honours Hyatt Priority Club Kestrel A
Posts: 683
Off topic, but I've just made my first economy class booking since the paid for seat rules were introduced. When I first went in to Manage a Booking I noticed I'd been automatically allocated regular seats and changed them to my choices (I'm Gold so could get up front ones for free and centres upstairs on the A380). If everyone now is getting allocated seats when a trip is booked, it's going to severely restrict the choices of those who are airline savvy or who juggle seats to get an empty one next to them.
Has anyone else noticed this and is my take on it accurate?
Has anyone else noticed this and is my take on it accurate?
#19
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Mucci de l'Arbitrage
Posts: 927
Slightly off topic too but I have upcoming EK flights in Y. Wanted to purchase front row extra legroom seats. Checked on Expertflyer and all those seats show as blocked (and so do all pairs and so-called preferred seats).
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
#20
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Slightly off topic too but I have upcoming EK flights in Y. Wanted to purchase front row extra legroom seats. Checked on Expertflyer and all those seats show as blocked (and so do all pairs and so-called preferred seats).
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
#21
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,251
Slightly off topic too but I have upcoming EK flights in Y. Wanted to purchase front row extra legroom seats. Checked on Expertflyer and all those seats show as blocked (and so do all pairs and so-called preferred seats).
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
Once I go to manage by booking all Expertflyer blocked seats are available for sale, except for the extra legroom ones.
I checked the EK website to see if those are only for sale to high status members (I have no status on EK) like on BA but found no such mention - it appears EK is happy to sell those to anyone.
Any idea why these seats are blocked and what can I do?
As skyward hunter mentioned, EF is somewhat confusing as it shows these seats as 'blocked', which technically is not true.
#22
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,278
I think what Takiteasy is saying is that he/she can't even purchase these seats despite being willing to pay.
I hadn't picked up on it, but the same is showing on my booking for 3 Class B777-300ER, Row 17 and 23 & 28 (centers), 2 class A380 Rows 24/25, 45 (center) and 52.
It seems bulkheads are blocked completely (which don't necessarily have extra legroom anyway, but genuine extra legroom seats are being sold. Maybe to stop people from buying the bulkhead thinking they're getting room to stretch their legs when in reality a regular seat may have more space as your feet can go under the seat in front.
I hadn't picked up on it, but the same is showing on my booking for 3 Class B777-300ER, Row 17 and 23 & 28 (centers), 2 class A380 Rows 24/25, 45 (center) and 52.
It seems bulkheads are blocked completely (which don't necessarily have extra legroom anyway, but genuine extra legroom seats are being sold. Maybe to stop people from buying the bulkhead thinking they're getting room to stretch their legs when in reality a regular seat may have more space as your feet can go under the seat in front.
#23
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I think what Takiteasy is saying is that he/she can't even purchase these seats despite being willing to pay.
I hadn't picked up on it, but the same is showing on my booking for 3 Class B777-300ER, Row 17 and 23 & 28 (centers), 2 class A380 Rows 24/25, 45 (center) and 52.
It seems bulkheads are blocked completely (which don't necessarily have extra legroom anyway, but genuine extra legroom seats are being sold. Maybe to stop people from buying the bulkhead thinking they're getting room to stretch their legs when in reality a regular seat may have more space as your feet can go under the seat in front.
I hadn't picked up on it, but the same is showing on my booking for 3 Class B777-300ER, Row 17 and 23 & 28 (centers), 2 class A380 Rows 24/25, 45 (center) and 52.
It seems bulkheads are blocked completely (which don't necessarily have extra legroom anyway, but genuine extra legroom seats are being sold. Maybe to stop people from buying the bulkhead thinking they're getting room to stretch their legs when in reality a regular seat may have more space as your feet can go under the seat in front.
#25
Join Date: Jul 2014
Programs: Mucci de l'Arbitrage
Posts: 927
Extra legroom. But despite there are virtually no seats reserved on my flights these are blocked too (assuming those are the emergency exits). Are there extra legroom seats I have missed on the A380?
#26
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,278
These are all showing available for purchase on my booking.
#27
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London, UK
Posts: 1,095
On paying for twin seats - on my regular route I prefer to sit in one of the last three rows of the 777 (twin seats) as economy deplanes from the back door onto a bus. Since the introduction of paid seating for Gold members, I've learnt that there are always several pairs of twin seats available at check-in, on this South Asian route at least - few others want to pay, either - so I just change my seat to a twin an no cost during on-line checkin. Not sure that would work upstairs on a high-Y A380.
#28
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
On paying for twin seats - on my regular route I prefer to sit in one of the last three rows of the 777 (twin seats) as economy deplanes from the back door onto a bus. Since the introduction of paid seating for Gold members, I've learnt that there are always several pairs of twin seats available at check-in, on this South Asian route at least - few others want to pay, either - so I just change my seat to a twin an no cost during on-line checkin. Not sure that would work upstairs on a high-Y A380.
#29
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,278
TV screens straight in front and armrest can go up if you want. Room in front and to the side of the aisle seat.
#30
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801