No seat map available (for seat selection) in biz 1 week prior to departure??
May 25, 2022, 9:12 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: TK EL+, QR Platinum, HH Diamond, Accor Platinum
Posts: 125
No seat map available (for seat selection) in biz 1 week prior to departure??
Spoke to Privilege Club agent. They cannot select a seat for above reason. Expert Flyer shows all seats in biz occupied the first row as blocked.
BTW Platinum Status.
I find this odd. My guess business class is oversold? Any thoughts?
BTW Platinum Status.
I find this odd. My guess business class is oversold? Any thoughts?
May 25, 2022, 9:34 am
#2
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 2,143
This happens quite a lot in my experience. It's even worse on a 24 seat qsuite layout, where as a single traveller there are only 8 seats available to select prior to check in (1A, 2B, 6B, 6J and all 12 centre seats blocked).
May 25, 2022, 10:25 am
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: TK EL+, QR Platinum, HH Diamond, Accor Platinum
Posts: 125
Thank you for your detailed response. I will be in pole position for the online check-in 
and see what happens.
I can confirm what you say about the 24 seat qsuite layout - the same situation (according to Expert Flyer) on the second leg of my flight.
But managed through the agent to get 2D. Would have preferred a window qsuite. But the agent could not do anything about the first leg - nada.
That made me suspicious.
and see what happens.I can confirm what you say about the 24 seat qsuite layout - the same situation (according to Expert Flyer) on the second leg of my flight.
But managed through the agent to get 2D. Would have preferred a window qsuite. But the agent could not do anything about the first leg - nada.
That made me suspicious.
May 25, 2022, 9:53 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 75
As a sidenote, I am booked into economy and I am flying out within the next 5 days. Up until a couple of days ago, the seatmap was available to select seats on qatarairways.com, but this has now been removed as an option. There are plenty of empty seats on the flight, so it's not an inventory issue. I can see on expertflyer that there are still plenty of seats available.
May 26, 2022, 1:18 am
#6
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: TK EL+, QR Platinum, HH Diamond, Accor Platinum
Posts: 125
Same situation here. In my case they just cancelled my flight and rebooked me on short notice because I had qcredits applied to my booking and the operating airline changed from QR to Malaysian...and I had no choice other than accept it. And in terms of seats I'll have to contend with by what is left... On my route they are very consistent with their equipment - checked flightradar - so it will be 2-2-2 too.
