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elabut Mar 15, 2012 11:04 am

ORD-MAD flight nearly empty?
 
I just viewed the seat availability map for our ORD-MAD IB flight on Mar 21. It appears nearly 90% empty. Can this be right? We are currently in row 12 at window on this A340-600. I am thinking that we would be more comfortable in the center 4 seats near back. Should I call IB and change? Have ORD gate agent reseat us? Should we just go back there when we board? I know the word is out that IB isn't so great, but I find it hard to believe that the flight is really so empty. This will be our first ever IB flight.

Palal Mar 15, 2012 11:39 am

Strange. They're not striking on 21/22 MAR, so this flight has a good chance of going out (and filling up from the strike on the 19th). Call and reseat ASAP.

JY1024 Mar 15, 2012 12:41 pm

Since the questions revolve around one specific airline, we'll move this to the Iberia forum for further discussion. Thanks! :) /JY1024, TravelBuzz co-moderator

aw Mar 15, 2012 4:03 pm

Don't use the seat map as a reference because it might be misleading. I had a talk with an IB rep recently and she informed me that since IB instituted a charge to pre-reserve seats in Y until 24 hrs before dept (except for top elite members with Emerald and Sapphire status), a lot of passengers wait until the day before to get their seats in order to avoid the charges.

elabut Mar 15, 2012 4:40 pm

Thanks aw. That makes sense

JDiver Mar 17, 2012 12:52 pm

Exactamente. A seat map only shows assigned seats - you could have a tour group, any number of people, with tickets for that flight with as yet unassigned seats. A GDS connected tool will reveal the actual situation - how many seats (often up to a maximum of seven) are available in each fare class.

Change for your four in the back seats and you might find yourselves crowded; if the flight departs with lots of available seats you can generally move once the hatch is ready to close / closed.


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