ET *G Seat Block confusion - help clarify?
Nov 18, 2018, 8:22 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: DXB
Programs: TK Elite Plus
Posts: 413
ET *G Seat Block confusion - help clarify?
Hi All,
I am TK *G and flying ET a lot, recently it has been every single week.
However I sincerely fail to understand the Star Alliance Gold seat block of the neighboring seat.
I always make sure to type in my FF no. during booking, but often the seat block doesn't show up on the seat map. Seems to be a hit/miss for me, only working for half of my flights.
- Some times, though my FF no. clearly shows up under ET's "Manage my booking", the seat block does not come into effect, and I can see plenty of other (presumably *G) seat blocks showing up on expertflyer.
- Last week, this exact scenario happened on the outbound, but then on the return segment of the same ticket seat block was into effect. (Assumingly after gate agent "reconfirmed" the FF no. on the first segment?)
- On a flight for tonight, I even checked in online with FF no, but still not seeing any seat block. I am sure this will be coming into effect in the airport once they print my boarding pass at the baggage drop-off in ADD, but since I am flying from ADD and I seem to often be the only one on this flight not arriving from a connecting flight, everyone else are already assigned seats by this time, so basically useless.
This is the seat map, I am in 12A. So clearly a passenger in row 14 got his seat block to work, but mine isn't.
At times I can change seats immediately on ET's website and straight away see the seat block move on expertflyer, so clearly it does work some times.
Can someone shed light on this, on what I might be doing wrong? I have 3 names (first, middle, last name) and some times travel on first and last, some times on all three, but after lots of trying different combinations, the outcome of the seat block seems to have nothing to do with this.
Also, is there an exact time (T-7 days?) that the seat block comes into effect? Is it variable or the same always?
Thank you.
I am TK *G and flying ET a lot, recently it has been every single week.
However I sincerely fail to understand the Star Alliance Gold seat block of the neighboring seat.
I always make sure to type in my FF no. during booking, but often the seat block doesn't show up on the seat map. Seems to be a hit/miss for me, only working for half of my flights.
- Some times, though my FF no. clearly shows up under ET's "Manage my booking", the seat block does not come into effect, and I can see plenty of other (presumably *G) seat blocks showing up on expertflyer.
- Last week, this exact scenario happened on the outbound, but then on the return segment of the same ticket seat block was into effect. (Assumingly after gate agent "reconfirmed" the FF no. on the first segment?)
- On a flight for tonight, I even checked in online with FF no, but still not seeing any seat block. I am sure this will be coming into effect in the airport once they print my boarding pass at the baggage drop-off in ADD, but since I am flying from ADD and I seem to often be the only one on this flight not arriving from a connecting flight, everyone else are already assigned seats by this time, so basically useless.
This is the seat map, I am in 12A. So clearly a passenger in row 14 got his seat block to work, but mine isn't.
At times I can change seats immediately on ET's website and straight away see the seat block move on expertflyer, so clearly it does work some times.
Can someone shed light on this, on what I might be doing wrong? I have 3 names (first, middle, last name) and some times travel on first and last, some times on all three, but after lots of trying different combinations, the outcome of the seat block seems to have nothing to do with this.
Also, is there an exact time (T-7 days?) that the seat block comes into effect? Is it variable or the same always?
Thank you.
