possible to get first class seat on prestige leg of F award?
Jun 16, 2020, 10:00 am
#1
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possible to get first class seat on prestige leg of F award?
Travelling from tokyo through incheon to jfk... the short leg is a 777-200er which apparently has 2 rows of first class seats although the flight is only sold as prestige.
Given I'm on a first class award, is there a chance of assignment of one of these rows? The booking agent wasn't able to, but I'm wondering if they can/will assign at the airport?
Thank you!
Given I'm on a first class award, is there a chance of assignment of one of these rows? The booking agent wasn't able to, but I'm wondering if they can/will assign at the airport?
Thank you!
Dec 26, 2020, 3:01 am
#3
Join Date: May 2004
Location: OAK
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Travelling from tokyo through incheon to jfk... the short leg is a 777-200er which apparently has 2 rows of first class seats although the flight is only sold as prestige.
Given I'm on a first class award, is there a chance of assignment of one of these rows? The booking agent wasn't able to, but I'm wondering if they can/will assign at the airport?
Thank you!
Given I'm on a first class award, is there a chance of assignment of one of these rows? The booking agent wasn't able to, but I'm wondering if they can/will assign at the airport?
Thank you!
Dec 26, 2020, 9:55 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
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If the seat map doesn't show the option at booking, then don't expect to happen in advance. You MIGHT get lucky at check-in. Korean Air is very old school with their tech and systems and things haha soooooo they're not really very flexible overall for things like this.
Jan 18, 2021, 10:47 pm
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Jan 30, 2021, 3:57 pm
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It is possible and this actually happens a lot now since KE is still operating 3-class aircraft being sold as 2-class, but on the A330s and B787s, the First Class seats are almost identical, you would just get the exclusivity of the former single row F cabin.
Feb 1, 2021, 7:32 pm
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I flew BKK-ICN-LAX with BKK-ICN in Prestige and ICN-LAX in F. Prestige on BKK-ICN was disappointing with the pandemic related service cuts except they gave me a former F seat on 777-300 even though I was booked in Prestige. Meal quality was of economy from 2019, and plastic everything. No menus.
On ICN-LAX, the service was really good in F without any noticeable cuts including glassware, menus, etc.
On ICN-LAX, the service was really good in F without any noticeable cuts including glassware, menus, etc.
Mar 22, 2021, 11:59 am
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I flew BKK-ICN-LAX with BKK-ICN in Prestige and ICN-LAX in F. Prestige on BKK-ICN was disappointing with the pandemic related service cuts except they gave me a former F seat on 777-300 even though I was booked in Prestige. Meal quality was of economy from 2019, and plastic everything. No menus.
On ICN-LAX, the service was really good in F without any noticeable cuts including glassware, menus, etc.
On ICN-LAX, the service was really good in F without any noticeable cuts including glassware, menus, etc.
My partner was on the earlier flight KIX-ICN but the same ICN-ATL as me. He too was upgraded to the Cosmos Suite seat in his KIX-ICN, probably because it was associated with my reservation (he didn’t have status).
Mar 26, 2021, 10:40 pm
#9
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kobe, Japan
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I had a prestige award ticket KIX-GMP-ICN-KTM. About a week before the flight I noticed the first couple rows had opened up, and snagged a seat. Turned out to be 1st. I was the only one up there, even though 5-6 people in J.
Only problem was the monitor screen is so far away I needed to wear glasses!
Only problem was the monitor screen is so far away I needed to wear glasses!
Jun 5, 2021, 8:14 am
#10
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 369
I had a prestige award ticket KIX-GMP-ICN-KTM. About a week before the flight I noticed the first couple rows had opened up, and snagged a seat. Turned out to be 1st. I was the only one up there, even though 5-6 people in J.
Only problem was the monitor screen is so far away I needed to wear glasses!
Only problem was the monitor screen is so far away I needed to wear glasses!
Jun 6, 2021, 1:20 am
#11
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kobe, Japan
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No status. It was an award ticket and I saw the front open up a few days before departure. No one else was in that section.
Jun 29, 2021, 7:38 am
#12
Join Date: Aug 2013
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I'm looking at the seatmap through the Delta site and seeing the F seats slowly getting taken over the past week (departure 7/7). I wonder if these seats are restricted for me because it's a DL award and not KE. How else are these passengers picking these seats? 