Ib/ba wt+ (pe) mad-dxb/auh 350
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Aug 1, 2017, 6:12 pm
#47
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Aug 2, 2017, 3:25 am
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Aug 2, 2017, 11:54 am
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Or if you want somewhere 100 times nicer, more interesting, head for Muscat and Oman. Drive, bus or fly.
Sep 27, 2017, 8:54 am
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Downgrade to a regular WT seat!
Has anyone done these flights yet? I am flying ex-MAD to DXB tomorrow on ID3164 and IB4665/BA105, the 10:20p departure ex-LHR. The plane is a 777 and being a OWEmerald I was able to select seats in the WT+ cabin after I was ticketed. However, did OLCI this morning and find my BA flight seat has changed and is now 20J, which on the only version with that row, a centre seat on the right bank of three seats.
The plane is a 777 supposedly 4-class but there is no row 20 in WT+ ( nor on any other version). I am unable to make a seat change on either the BA or IB site, nor pull up the actual seat map for the flight. All my ticketing details show WT+ and/or T-class. So what gives? Why have I been downgraded...and to a centre seat as a OWEmerald yet!
IB says they can't do anything and the BA phone line is always on wait. Will see what I can do at the airport tomorrow.
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Okay, found the answer in the BA forum. It appears there are three 772s that are configured with rows 18, 19 and 20 as WT+ but these do not show on the BA website seat maps...but they fly to the Gulf. Hoping this explains the confusion.
The plane is a 777 supposedly 4-class but there is no row 20 in WT+ ( nor on any other version). I am unable to make a seat change on either the BA or IB site, nor pull up the actual seat map for the flight. All my ticketing details show WT+ and/or T-class. So what gives? Why have I been downgraded...and to a centre seat as a OWEmerald yet!
IB says they can't do anything and the BA phone line is always on wait. Will see what I can do at the airport tomorrow.
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Okay, found the answer in the BA forum. It appears there are three 772s that are configured with rows 18, 19 and 20 as WT+ but these do not show on the BA website seat maps...but they fly to the Gulf. Hoping this explains the confusion.
Last edited by Shareholder; Sep 27, 2017 at 9:13 am
Sep 27, 2017, 9:25 am
#52
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Has anyone done these flights yet? I am flying ex-MAD to DXB tomorrow on ID3164 and IB4665/BA105, the 10:20p departure ex-LHR. The plane is a 777 and being a OWEmerald I was able to select seats in the WT+ cabin after I was ticketed. However, did OLCI this morning and find my BA flight seat has changed and is now 20J, which on the only version with that row, a centre seat on the right bank of three seats.
The plane is a 777 supposedly 4-class but there is no row 20 in WT+ ( nor on any other version). I am unable to make a seat change on either the BA or IB site, nor pull up the actual seat map for the flight. All my ticketing details show WT+ and/or T-class. So what gives? Why have I been downgraded...and to a centre seat as a OWEmerald yet!
IB says they can't do anything and the BA phone line is always on wait. Will see what I can do at the airport tomorrow.
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Okay, found the answer in the BA forum. It appears there are three 772s that are configured with rows 18, 19 and 20 as WT+ but these do not show on the BA website seat maps...but they fly to the Gulf. Hoping this explains the confusion.
The plane is a 777 supposedly 4-class but there is no row 20 in WT+ ( nor on any other version). I am unable to make a seat change on either the BA or IB site, nor pull up the actual seat map for the flight. All my ticketing details show WT+ and/or T-class. So what gives? Why have I been downgraded...and to a centre seat as a OWEmerald yet!
IB says they can't do anything and the BA phone line is always on wait. Will see what I can do at the airport tomorrow.
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Okay, found the answer in the BA forum. It appears there are three 772s that are configured with rows 18, 19 and 20 as WT+ but these do not show on the BA website seat maps...but they fly to the Gulf. Hoping this explains the confusion.
Oct 14, 2017, 8:25 am
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Completed two of these now but in both cases only the initial MAD-LHR segment posted (one to my AA account, the other to my BA account). Although the booking showed the WT+ flights as T-class the boarding passes showed W-class and the MAD-LHRs as M not K and these posted at 50% vs expected lower 25% mileage. Once the LHR-DXB-LHR segments post will see if they actually were in the higher WT+ category. BTW found the new seats on the 777 very comfortable and overall a good experience. Had one segment on a 744 which had the less comfortable old seats. On neither sets of flights was I able to do OLCI for the return.