Choosing your seat
Apr 28, 2000, 6:11 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Posts: 101
Choosing your seat
Hi
I wonder if anyone knows if you can choose your seat in the plane when you issue the ticket at a regular travel agent, even when flying eco and having only a regular M&M membership. This is because I hate travelling in the back of the plane and sometimes they give me that even if i ask for a front seat... i guess it's because I travel with student fares ;oP
Of course I travel every 2 months, but in eco and only within europe, so it's not enough to reach FT...
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Pedro
I wonder if anyone knows if you can choose your seat in the plane when you issue the ticket at a regular travel agent, even when flying eco and having only a regular M&M membership. This is because I hate travelling in the back of the plane and sometimes they give me that even if i ask for a front seat... i guess it's because I travel with student fares ;oP
Of course I travel every 2 months, but in eco and only within europe, so it's not enough to reach FT...
(Pedro
Apr 28, 2000, 6:54 am
#2
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Germany
Posts: 2,632
LH preassigns seats on long-distance flights in all classes regardless of your status with M&M. Some seats are restricted, e.g. the first row in BC for passengers connecting from or to a long-distance FC flight on LH, but other than that...the early bird catches the worm.
Apr 28, 2000, 2:41 pm
#4
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Posts: 51
No, you cannot preassign seats on intra-European routes. Early check-in is the best solution to find the best seat. And you can do phone check-in in many airports, I believe, before arriving to the airport.
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Dec 4, 2000, 8:39 am
#7
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: 58708 Menden, Germany
Posts: 62
The worst choice are the Quick - Check - In Machines. I got seats in the rear section any time when i checked in there.
I think the best place is the Lounge (they changed the seat back to first / second row in Eco)
I think the best place is the Lounge (they changed the seat back to first / second row in Eco)
Aug 13, 2004, 7:27 am
#9
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX MPC
Posts: 592
Preassigned seats out of Hong Kong
Has anyone got preassigned seats out of Hong Kong on Lufthansa, without being a member of Miles and More?
I have two friends who were told by Lufthansa reservations in Hong Kong that the airline never preassign seats, unless you have a child aged under one? (This was despite the fact that one is pregnant and they have a two year old)
I have two friends who were told by Lufthansa reservations in Hong Kong that the airline never preassign seats, unless you have a child aged under one? (This was despite the fact that one is pregnant and they have a two year old)
Aug 13, 2004, 7:45 am
#10
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
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Posts: 48,087
call again! you can ask for seat reswervation on any intercontinental LH flight regardless of what you are. Passengers with children get the first row in each section. These are blocked by LH for general reservations. These seats are only released at checkin.
Regards Oliver
Regards Oliver
Aug 13, 2004, 9:45 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Hong Kong
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Posts: 592
Originally Posted by oliver2002
call again! you can ask for seat reswervation on any intercontinental LH flight regardless of what you are.
Has anyone else experienced difficulty getting preassigned seats ex-Hong Kong?
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Aug 13, 2004, 10:31 pm
#13
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
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Posts: 38,257
I had trouble getting assigned seats from BKK and from BOS. From BKK even once in paid Business. Lufthansa seems to have little global policies for their intl. offices. So you face new kings and realms wherever you travel.
Aug 14, 2004, 1:03 am
#14
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: FRA
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 725
Originally Posted by curt
Some seats are restricted, e.g. the first row in BC for passengers connecting from or to a long-distance FC flight on LH,
Aug 14, 2004, 2:17 am
#15
Join Date: May 2004
Location: MUC,INN
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Posts: 243
Check-In Machines
When you get a bad seat with the checkin machine,
just re-insert your boarding pass!
It will show you a compleate seatmap and let you choose any free seat in the plane. You can now change the seat or keep the assigned seat!
So the check-in machines are not bad as they are.
The worst thing is the SMS-Checkin.
I have been on a plane (ATR) with five PAX - nearly empty.
There were only two people sitting together:
Me and another guy who used the SMS-Checkin as well!
(In this case it was easy to figure it out, because we had enough room to play football ;-)
just re-insert your boarding pass!
It will show you a compleate seatmap and let you choose any free seat in the plane. You can now change the seat or keep the assigned seat!
So the check-in machines are not bad as they are.
The worst thing is the SMS-Checkin.
I have been on a plane (ATR) with five PAX - nearly empty.
There were only two people sitting together:
Me and another guy who used the SMS-Checkin as well!
(In this case it was easy to figure it out, because we had enough room to play football ;-)
