pomkiwi

I'm headed to Brisbane from London in F shortly with Mrs PK. and back a couple of weeks later. We prefer to sit next to each other if possible and have never had any issue selecting a pair of middle seats in the past. On both flights between LHR and DXB this was no problem but on both flights between DXB and BNE all 6 centre seats were shown as vacant but bassinet seats and as such unavilable for selection. (Expert Flyer showed the seats as blocked, not occupied) The rest of the cabin has filled up gradually. I kept an eye on it but nothing changed. A couple of weeks before departure I was planning to call up and see if we could move but in the 24 hours before doing so all six seats on bith flightys changed from showing as vacant bassinet seats to being occupied.

It really doesn't matter as we can cope without awkward hand holding through the partition but it just seemed a bit odd especially as both outward and return flights flights showed the same change.

S.R

All you had to do was call and they would’ve assigned you the seats. Not sure why you waited. I’ve done this many times for blocked seats.
As to why EK blocks so many seats, who knows.

m3red

And they won’t move people either if they are occupied and you do have a baby

thijsseh

Realy? I have on a few occasions asked to be allocated a bassinet seat via the call centre and then was informed that they would give me the seat but that I would be moved if a bassinet was needed. That was in J, not F but would the ‘rule’ be different there?

m3red

Apparently so. Row 3 is the “designated” seats for infants in F but all centre pairs have the facility (not that we use it as he’s too big) but it would be helpful to sit together.

oh well the whole cabin will have to deal with him 😂