It is coach/economy/steerage class

See:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...selection.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ket-stock.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/swiss...codeshare.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/swiss...selection.html

(and most likely other threads as well)


It all boils down to this statement (bolding mine):

Something is VERY wrong
 

My wife spent over 60 minutes on the phone and was supposedly assigned a specific seat. Now she's in ORD and is told she has to DEPART the secure area, go to SWISS ticket desk in front lobby (??) to get a boarding pass. Is this a Star Alliance flight or Southwest or maybe North Korean Airlines?

She hops not to miss her flight to Europe.......

Surely the agent at the gate podium can print boarding passes??! Perhaps those instructions were meant to mean "if you don't want to wait until the podium is staffed"

I wish understood people's obsession with paper boarding passes, surely she could've just whipped out her phone and gotten a mobile one from swiss.com?

Maybe it's because she's trying to fly to ZUR instead of ZRH

Hello

May I ask if there is anywhere guidance as to the best F C Y seat options on the new LX 777 configuration?

Thanks!

F -> for me works all
C -> 4A
Y -> no clue

4A vs 4K (on the 777)
 

Any thoughts? This is my first time on LX and looks like the mini cabin upfront might be the way to go.

Thanks.

When you can (SEN or HON), take 4A as it is a single seat.

This is not at all odd. There is a very good reason for that which many LX frequent flyers know. Expect it to be like that quite often. ;)

Just flew the 777 two weeks ago and I am a bit disappointed with the seatings. As I am not only tall but also a bit wider than others I always like the odd-numbered K seats in the 330/340. They have the option to lower the armrest and because of the legroom open to the cabin wall I there is good space for knees and legs.

For night flights (means you want to mainly use the bedding function) the throne seats, even the bulkheads, are imho not the way to go. The space for legs is limited and it is not possible to "widen the seat". In the new 777 there are no such seats existing. I took 7A (don't like the mini cabin because I feel cramped there). I finally changed to 8D because this one was really more comfy to sit. So from my side I will rather fly the seats with armrest to the aisle (or to the wall if flying in couple) instead of the thrones.

My 2 cents.

Btw: Took F on the way back and there I will take any seat anytime. ;)

Curious ... what is this good reason you refer to? :confused:

Wow...How disappointed are we?

We just booked a *A award ticket RT thru ZUR on our way to Asia. Out of the 6 legs with a combo of Y and C, just one leg has no advance seating, the seats on Swiss. They want payment for a seat in advance.

I would think as *A award booking you would provide seats free of charge. Even status does not help. This is our first and last time flying Swiss Air.

The other 3 carriers all gave a seat assignment in advance. Not only that they made sure Mrs. Doc and I are seated together and got to pick way ahead of time.

Like I said our first and last try on flying Swiss. Next time we give Swiss a Miss:td:

Was the LX segment in Y or C? If in Y, you'll encounter the same issue on many other Euro carriers, including the big guys like BA. If in C, you may have to phone once or twice, but eventually they'll do it.