Up or down on 747
Dec 9, 2011, 7:07 am
#16
Join Date: May 2010
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Johan,
I've tried this "trick" for a few flights but never managed to pull the seat map from those machines (having already checked in online). Do you know by heart which option to choose in order to actually get an overview of the free seats and chance my initial choice?
Would be helpful as somehow I never could get in done.
Thanks,
Remco
I've tried this "trick" for a few flights but never managed to pull the seat map from those machines (having already checked in online). Do you know by heart which option to choose in order to actually get an overview of the free seats and chance my initial choice?
Would be helpful as somehow I never could get in done.
Thanks,
Remco
Dec 9, 2011, 8:53 am
#17
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Netherlands
Programs: Flying Blue Gold
Posts: 288
The most suitable option I´ve been given until now was "reprint boarding pass" or something like that, so I guess I've just been on flights with no more space to switch around at the time I checked. I'll keep on trying!
Dec 12, 2011, 4:24 am
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Taiwan
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The distribution of pax between the two C cabins can at times be very uneven, with the UD being (almost) full and the nose almost empty, or vice versa. At AMS it pays to stop at one of the many e-transfer machines en route to the gate, and if necessary change your seat to one in the emptiest cabin. The only risk it that it will fill up with the junior FA's sister's neighbor's boyfriend's cat's vet's mother and other inelligible Y pax as soon as the doors close.
Johan
Johan
Dec 13, 2011, 3:15 pm
#19
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Both are fine. Upper deck is an upper deck, nice on all airlines. Lower deck is nicer than on most airlines. It used to be the 'Royal class' part of the aircraft and it still shows in a way - while as others have mentioned, there are occasional 'intruders' aiming for the toilet, the cabin itself feels more spacious and more private than the upper deck (it has fewer seats and the less straightfoward layout gives it a bit more of a clubby feel than upstairs. Not sure what led to the comment earlier about children being sat downstairs. I have had children sitting both upstairs and downstairs it makes no difference so I think it was just the poster being (un)lucky one way or another.
Dec 15, 2011, 5:11 pm
#20
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