Jul 1, 2015, 10:41 pm
Last edit by: NoDestinations
Some common reasons for "Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight."
- Bookings made at begin of schedule (aka 330 or so days out) --
seatmap has not yet been released.Wait a week or two and seat selection should become available - Pending aircraft change
- Bookings made within 24 hours of flight will receive this message, check in for flight to select seats
What does "Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight" mean?
Sep 15, 2017, 8:54 pm
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Sep 15, 2017, 9:28 pm
#138
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Sep 16, 2017, 2:08 pm
#139
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Feb 4, 2018, 4:05 pm
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Award ticket seat assignments restricted
Booked an award ticket for RDU-SCL-EZE-RDU. 12/19/18-1/5/19. Ability to book return was just yesterday or day before. I successfully purchased the ticket and have seat assignments on outbound flights. But on inbound (return) it's telling me "seat assignments restricted". Aka "try again later".
What is causing this and when could I expect to select seats?
Advance seat assignments are currently restricted for this flight, but you may be able to select a seat at a later time or date.
Feb 4, 2018, 4:10 pm
#141
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Must not have seat maps loaded yet. Both the 777-200 and the 767-300 that fly to deep South America are going through Polaris retrofit this year, so suspect that could be the reason. IAH-EZE is currently ex-CO 772, EWR route is currently 764 which is not scheduled for Polaris to my knowledge, so if that's the route you're on, check again in a few weeks.
Feb 4, 2018, 4:16 pm
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Must not have seat maps loaded yet. Both the 777-200 and the 767-300 that fly to deep South America are going through Polaris retrofit this year, so suspect that could be the reason. IAH-EZE is currently ex-CO 772, EWR route is currently 764 which is not scheduled for Polaris to my knowledge, so if that's the route you're on, check again in a few weeks.
Feb 4, 2018, 5:06 pm
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Seat assignment is usually restricted for super-advance bookings this far out. I'm not sure of the exact number of days, but I've run into the same issue with bookings at the far end of the 330-day ticketing window.
Try again in a few weeks, seat assignments should stick. IME nothing to worry about.
Try again in a few weeks, seat assignments should stick. IME nothing to worry about.
Feb 4, 2018, 5:08 pm
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Seat assignment is usually restricted for super-advance bookings this far out. I'm not sure of the exact number of days, but I've run into the same issue with bookings at the far end of the 330-day ticketing window.
Try again in a few weeks, seat assignments should stick. IME nothing to worry about.
Try again in a few weeks, seat assignments should stick. IME nothing to worry about.
Feb 4, 2018, 5:25 pm
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Feb 6, 2018, 10:17 am
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Got bad information from Mileage Plus customer service rep. He said yesterday that I should be able to get seats now for my EZE-IAH-RDU segment 777-200 and ERJ-170. Of course I tried today and cannot. Hope this gets resolved soon!!! Grrr.
Feb 6, 2018, 10:34 am
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Feb 6, 2018, 3:43 pm
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As you can see by this long thread, this issue is not uncommon and does resolve itself but can take a week or two after booking. I think it took 10 days once for me.
Feb 6, 2018, 4:39 pm
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