seeing seat availability before purchase?
Mar 9, 2008 | 9:04 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,110
seeing seat availability before purchase?
Hi there.
I am asking this question for my dad... so he can see how cool FT is.
He does not like the fact that you can't see what seats are available before you purchase a ticket. He says that depending what seats are available, he might choose a different flight time.
What do you Jet Blue experts suggest?
Thanks!
-- ks
I am asking this question for my dad... so he can see how cool FT is.
He does not like the fact that you can't see what seats are available before you purchase a ticket. He says that depending what seats are available, he might choose a different flight time.
What do you Jet Blue experts suggest?
Thanks!
-- ks
Mar 9, 2008 | 11:12 pm
#3
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: SPG, AA, BA, CO, UA, US, B6, DL, Amex MR, HH
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Unfortunately, you can't see seat availability online for jetBlue. However, if you call 800-JET-BLUE, you can ask any agent, and they'll gladly tell you that info. You can then book right then, or to avoid the phone fee and get double TB points, you can just book those flights online.
Mar 10, 2008 | 8:10 am
#5
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Long Island, NY and Boca Raton, FL
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They will probably implement this feature for TrueBlue members soon. In the meantime, as mentioned above call 1-800-JETBLUE and they'll help you out with seat availability.
FYI: In recent months, B6 began holding back 'prime' seats from advance bookings. These are the exit rows and aisle seats in front of aircraft. However, on MOST (ie. not-as-full) flights, you can grab one of these great seats if you check in online 24 hours prior, as they are released at that point.
FYI: In recent months, B6 began holding back 'prime' seats from advance bookings. These are the exit rows and aisle seats in front of aircraft. However, on MOST (ie. not-as-full) flights, you can grab one of these great seats if you check in online 24 hours prior, as they are released at that point.
Mar 10, 2008 | 1:26 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 244
FYI: In recent months, B6 began holding back 'prime' seats from advance bookings. These are the exit rows and aisle seats in front of aircraft. However, on MOST (ie. not-as-full) flights, you can grab one of these great seats if you check in online 24 hours prior, as they are released at that point.
Mar 19, 2008 | 8:42 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,473
I second this point. I've had excellent luck getting 'upgraded' seating assignments at online check-in time. So, if you're teetering on the edge of booking a flight, go for it...and then make sure to check in online early in the 24-hour preflight check-in window. At that time, a lot of 'premium' seats (like exit rows and adjacent seats in the front few rows with expanded leg room) tend to become available. Not a guarantee, and not as good as seeing choices ahead of time...but a decent strategy.
The seat map 24+ hours out shows the premium seats as occupied, yet they magically open up with OLCI.
It is not as if they are moving those pax to the first class cabin as on the legacy carriers.
Did anyone notice that on ABC Nightly News (I think that was the TV channel) they mentioned that B6 is now charing extra $ for premium seats?
Checking this forum, I see no discussion of this.
Did B6 in fact, implement such a policy?
Mar 19, 2008 | 8:53 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 377
Light discussion also in Major MCO expansion announcement 3/19
Mar 19, 2008 | 9:15 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,473
Seat Maps Available Before Purchase, 38"!!!
Light discussion also in Major MCO expansion announcement 3/19
Light discussion also in Major MCO expansion announcement 3/19
The next thread I read after posting was the abovementioned post; and if your post had not appeared, I was going to edit my post.
That said, it appears that B6 has taken the first (small) step towards a 2 class airline.
Mar 20, 2008 | 9:12 am
#10
Join Date: Jan 2008
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This has always been the case since they started holding back the first few rows and the exit row seats. They only become available when you log in for online checkin.