F Seats Blocked?
Feb 23, 2020, 2:38 am
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F Seats Blocked?
I'm booked in Business from DXB-IAD early next month and have set up an auto-upgrade. Checking the seat chart on Expert Flyer, it appears all of the seats in F are blocked save for three unoccupied. I've not encountered this before and just wondering if seats are likely to unblock when this occurs?
Feb 23, 2020, 2:42 am
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Unfortunately I do not fly F enough but I have seen that 1A/2A are usually blocked on the 388 with 1A usually blocked on the 77W. However, when you call EK they will release the seat for you (at least for Plats but I'm sure Golds too)
Feb 23, 2020, 3:50 am
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Thanks. I did contact them just to confirm the cabin is in service (the X's are blocked seats). It is. Most likely holding on longer for the possibility of more revenue as has been speculated in other contexts. I'm not quite paranoid enough yet to think they're creating a manageable temporary enclosed place just in case they need one, but if that was the prudent thing to do I'd gladly keep my current seat.
Feb 23, 2020, 3:11 pm
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Thanks. I did contact them just to confirm the cabin is in service (the X's are blocked seats). It is. Most likely holding on longer for the possibility of more revenue as has been speculated in other contexts. I'm not quite paranoid enough yet to think they're creating a manageable temporary enclosed place just in case they need one, but if that was the prudent thing to do I'd gladly keep my current seat.
Feb 23, 2020, 9:33 pm
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Feb 24, 2020, 12:41 am
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I'm booked in Business from DXB-IAD early next month and have set up an auto-upgrade. Checking the seat chart on Expert Flyer, it appears all of the seats in F are blocked save for three unoccupied. I've not encountered this before and just wondering if seats are likely to unblock when this occurs?
Feb 24, 2020, 1:34 am
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Thanks to all....so far I have my favorite J seat (23A) so won't suffer too much if I don't make it up front. I've also found the auto upgrade unproductive. Will report back if anything shakes loose.
Feb 24, 2020, 2:34 am
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Auto upgrade only works up to T-48 hours. So if they have not released any seats in Z (or D for business) buckets, it’s not going to work. Lounge (from T-2 hours?) and on-board upgrades are ‘space available’ and therefore are not linked to any ‘bucket-availability’. At least that’s how I understand it. What happens between T- 48 and T-2 is unclear to me.
Feb 25, 2020, 3:10 am
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Does anyone understand why currently ALL row 2 seats on 77W flights seem to be blocked? I just did a 'random' (not statistically random, just all over the place random) search to a variety of destinations on all continents on EF and row 2 is always blocked. On the 380, either all E/F seats or the entire row 3 are blocked.
IFlyMoreThanYou, you seem to understand the 'inner workings' of EK quite well, any insights?
IFlyMoreThanYou, you seem to understand the 'inner workings' of EK quite well, any insights?
Feb 25, 2020, 6:08 am
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Does anyone understand why currently ALL row 2 seats on 77W flights seem to be blocked? I just did a 'random' (not statistically random, just all over the place random) search to a variety of destinations on all continents on EF and row 2 is always blocked. On the 380, either all E/F seats or the entire row 3 are blocked.
IFlyMoreThanYou, you seem to understand the 'inner workings' of EK quite well, any insights?
IFlyMoreThanYou, you seem to understand the 'inner workings' of EK quite well, any insights?
Feb 25, 2020, 2:58 pm
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Feb 26, 2020, 11:10 am
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I would not think that ALL those seats are blocked for UM’s. 1A on 77W and 2A on 388 as far as I can remember. Half the F cabin on practically every EK flight filled with UM’s seems a bit ‘over the top’.