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Blocking Out Seats
I was just checking the seatmaps on my upcoming F flights to Australia, and it appears on every segment the center bulkhead seats in row 1 E and F is always occupied. Does EK just block these seats out?
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Originally Posted by NWplatinum
(Post 29688876)
I was just checking the seatmaps on my upcoming F flights to Australia, and it appears on every segment the center bulkhead seats in row 1 E and F is always occupied. Does EK just block these seats out?
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Originally Posted by NWplatinum
(Post 29688876)
I was just checking the seatmaps on my upcoming F flights to Australia, and it appears on every segment the center bulkhead seats in row 1 E and F is always occupied. Does EK just block these seats out?
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Originally Posted by EKplat
(Post 29691113)
Yes. Check on EF to see if the seats have been blocked. On previous occasions, I have been able to call Emirates and change to one of them. I have read somewhere on this forum that they are blocked by Emirates where there will be off duty pilots travelling. Also heard that they are blocked for the pilots to use in preference to their little bunk area up front.
Other seats can be blocked for UMs (Unaccompanied Minors) though these tend to be bulkhead windows (1A/2A in F on 77W?) and also for codeshares so I'm not sure if they do this in F. They do in J, so perhaps why not also in F? And this is the most logical explanation for a center pair being blocked I'd think. On SA routes on the 77W a bank of window pairs is usually blocked for SAA, not that they seem to ever sell them though as they eventually just go to EK pax. |
Well on all 4 of my longhaul segments, two by an A380, 2 by 777, they are blocked out.
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I’ve seen this from 6 months out from a flight. I’m sure all of the ex-SYD frames have CRCs so I can only assume it’s there for off duty pilots.
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Keep in mind something special about Australia flights is that they all have QF codes. My money's on codeshares being the reason for the block
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Not only the flight to Australia, it’s also the flight to Dubai, Singapore and to Colombo.
It cannot be just a coincidence that those seats are reserved on every single segment. And I don’t think it has anything to do with crew rest. On my paid and unpaid EK F segments those seats are usually unoccupied now that I think about it. |
Originally Posted by skywardhunter
(Post 29691268)
Other seats can be blocked for UMs (Unaccompanied Minors) though these tend to be bulkhead windows (1A/2A in F on 77W?)
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Originally Posted by extramileage
(Post 29695048)
Aah... the UM F life... must be nice!
My parents were divorced when I was in middle and high school and I flew between each of them from SEA to FLL every month and was a UM, which was a way I got into this hobby. I remember I made Platinum on Worldperks one year, and got an upgrade on board with 1 seat left from SEA-EWR that had BusinessFirst seats installed. The GA came on the plane to move me up, this little 13 year old boy at the time. You should have seen the businessmen in suites asking the GA if she was sure she hadn’t made a mistake. It was pretty funny... :D |
Originally Posted by NWplatinum
(Post 29695124)
Lol really :D... especially on EK. My parents were divorced when I was in middle and high school and I flew between each of them from SEA to FLL every month and was a UM, which was a way I got into this hobby. I remember I made Platinum on Worldperks one year, and got an upgrade on board with 1 seat left from SEA-EWR that had BusinessFirst seats installed. The GA came on the plane to move me up, this little 13 year old boy at the time. You should have seen the businessmen in suites asking the GA if she was sure she hadn’t made a mistake. It was pretty funny... :D |
Originally Posted by NWplatinum
(Post 29694975)
Not only the flight to Australia, it’s also the flight to Dubai, Singapore and to Colombo.
It cannot be just a coincidence that those seats are reserved on every single segment. And I don’t think it has anything to do with crew rest. On my paid and unpaid EK F segments those seats are usually unoccupied now that I think about it. I once called in and asked about it. Was told that they were bassinet seats (or wheelchair accessible seats, I can’t remember which). Was told that they could give me the seats with the understanding that if they were needed for their special purpose, we would be moved. Same happened a few weeks ago in J on a 77W: wanted an A/B or J/K pair which were not available but 9A/B were blocked as per Expert Flyer. Called in and were told they were UM seats but I could have them ‘provisionally ‘. As I have never seen an UM in J (I am sure it happens though), I took the seats and we were perfectly fine. |
Originally Posted by skywardhunter
(Post 29695139)
Same situation for me, but between Germany and South Africa. Had a GA come onboard an SAA A346 to move me up to J, was about 13 as well, the looks on people's faces were priceless
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Originally Posted by extramileage
(Post 29695048)
Aah... the UM F life... must be nice!
Are minors allowed in the bar. I guess they would as it is called a ‘lounge’. |
Originally Posted by thijsseh
(Post 29695157)
Hmm, no Dom, no nice wines (I presume) Are minors allowed in the bar. I guess they would as it is called a ‘lounge’. |
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