most rows blocked from advance seat reservation
Jan 22, 2020, 7:35 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Southern Finland
Programs: AY Plat OWE
Posts: 26
At some instance, could this be as a purpose built feature? If the flight is very light in reservations, for aircraft balance reasons they might prefer majority of the folks sit in certain block of the cabin. Thus some parts are not available for seating reservation? I've seen this same with some domestic A32x metal flights with 30....40% pax load ending up sitting with only few (looking like frequent flyers) in the front section of the cabin, while the majority of the load is tightly pulled in the back. Just guessing here....
Jan 22, 2020, 7:38 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,531
At some instance, could this be as a purpose built feature? If the flight is very light in reservations, for aircraft balance reasons they might prefer majority of the folks sit in certain block of the cabin. Thus some parts are not available for seating reservation? I've seen this same with some domestic A32x metal flights with 30....40% pax load ending up sitting with only few (looking like frequent flyers) in the front section of the cabin, while the majority of the load is tightly pulled in the back. Just guessing here....
There is no way to know how many pax will end up being on the flights in summer (example above) so it makes no sense to block seats (incl. emergency exit rows) 7 months out.
Jan 22, 2020, 10:54 am
#19
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,176
Jan 23, 2020, 6:43 am
#20
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Plat (OWE)
Posts: 536
It seems this ”feature” is not limited to Y. Just booked an intra-EU trip for next week and after upgrading the inbound leg (there was immediate availability!) I ended up seeing the three first rows as blocked (was allocated 4A). Great...
Feb 12, 2020, 12:07 pm
#22
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: TK *G, BA Gold
Posts: 592
The seat map functionality seems to go from bad to worse. I made a single booking for three passengers, one with emerald card and two without status. On the left the seat map for the emerald card card holder with the whole front cabin blocked. on the right the non-status card holders can reserve seats in the front cabin - and they get economy comfort for free even though the emerald card holder can't select a single seat in that whole cabin!!
Feb 12, 2020, 12:53 pm
#24
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: HEL
Programs: BA G; AY Basic; HHonors G; Marriott S
Posts: 141
- to me the more front rows open up gradually in the 2-3 days before actual flight. Great stuff!
