Feb 5, 2019, 6:20 am
Last edit by: Ari
As of Feb. 5, only Global Services are able to select FC seats. The ability for 1K to reserve seats was removed. Existing 1K seat selections appear to be kept. In June 2019, the advance access for 1Ks on J/C/D fares was restored. [It appears this is not the case.]
Ex-GlobalFirst seats are selectable for all confirmed business class passengers at check in, even if >24 hrs from flight with GF seats (in the case of positioning flights).
Everything You Wanted to Know About Where to Sit on a pmUA 3-Cabin 777 Version 2
Ex-GlobalFirst seats are selectable for all confirmed business class passengers at check in, even if >24 hrs from flight with GF seats (in the case of positioning flights).
Everything You Wanted to Know About Where to Sit on a pmUA 3-Cabin 777 Version 2
3-class F seat now sold as Domestic F/Polaris Bus,GS or J/C/D 1K? may select pre-OLCI
Jan 31, 2019, 9:14 pm
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Feb 1, 2019, 4:59 am
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And there was the big seat wipeout this past weekend.
Feb 4, 2019, 10:11 pm
#348
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So I finally called regarding my ORD-NRT seat assignment with the hope of getting 2A back on account of my 1K status at the time of booking. The agent informed me that an e-mail was sent out today (or recently anyways) that GF seats were now blocked for "globals only" (I'm assuming she meant GS). It didn't sound like she was making stuff up; she seemingly pulled up the e-mail on her end and paraphrased it to the effect of what I just wrote. She volunteered to check with a supervisor to see if the block could be overridden.
Do any 1Ks have recent experience getting a seat in GF?
Mods: feel free to move this post into the original thread about GF seat assignments for GS/1K if it's better suited there.
UPDATE: the agent said her supervisor said that previously GF seats were not supposed to be selectable by 1Ks. So now I feel more suspicious that the two of them were making stuff up. Who knows!
Do any 1Ks have recent experience getting a seat in GF?
Mods: feel free to move this post into the original thread about GF seat assignments for GS/1K if it's better suited there.
UPDATE: the agent said her supervisor said that previously GF seats were not supposed to be selectable by 1Ks. So now I feel more suspicious that the two of them were making stuff up. Who knows!
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 5, 2019 at 2:23 am Reason: Moved as suggested
Feb 4, 2019, 11:10 pm
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So I finally called regarding my ORD-NRT seat assignment with the hope of getting 2A back on account of my 1K status at the time of booking. The agent informed me that an e-mail was sent out today (or recently anyways) that GF seats were now blocked for "globals only" (I'm assuming she meant GS). It didn't sound like she was making stuff up; she seemingly pulled up the e-mail on her end and paraphrased it to the effect of what I just wrote. She volunteered to check with a supervisor to see if the block could be overridden.
Do any 1Ks have recent experience getting a seat in GF?
Mods: feel free to move this post into the original thread about GF seat assignments for GS/1K if it's better suited there.
UPDATE: the agent said her supervisor said that previously GF seats were not supposed to be selectable by 1Ks. So now I feel more suspicious that the two of them were making stuff up. Who knows!
Do any 1Ks have recent experience getting a seat in GF?
Mods: feel free to move this post into the original thread about GF seat assignments for GS/1K if it's better suited there.
UPDATE: the agent said her supervisor said that previously GF seats were not supposed to be selectable by 1Ks. So now I feel more suspicious that the two of them were making stuff up. Who knows!
As if I didn’t have to obsessively check my seats already, now I’m really paranoid.
Feb 5, 2019, 12:10 am
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Innnnteresting, My Saturday NRT-IAD booking also has all of the GF seats greyed out. I just thought someone got them before my u/g cleared, but perhaps they have been blocked from this 1K.
Watching it like a hawk,
big V
Watching it like a hawk,
big V
Feb 5, 2019, 12:36 am
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And most the decent seats in Business are already taken.
They are really upping the game, aren’t they!
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 5, 2019 at 2:22 am Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member
Feb 5, 2019, 5:32 am
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Feb 5, 2019, 5:38 am
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As of Feb 5th seats can only be selected by GS. 1K my be assigned Polaris FC seats close to departure time if there is availability.
Last edited by MMBlakes; Feb 5, 2019 at 5:40 am Reason: typo
Feb 5, 2019, 6:18 am
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Maybe time to revise the Thread title? Seems pretty confirmed....
Mod alerted
Added a wiki.
Also, does any 1K have a domestic segment on a 3 cabin plane that can check their seat options. Just want to confirm this is all flights, and not just Intl.
Mod alerted
Added a wiki.
Also, does any 1K have a domestic segment on a 3 cabin plane that can check their seat options. Just want to confirm this is all flights, and not just Intl.
Feb 5, 2019, 6:36 am
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Feb 5, 2019, 6:47 am
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Yep, greyed out. 2K still holding here.
But frankly, it just sucks. Give it, take it away next day.
I guess AC flights will see more of me until they get Polaris all in. Not that the seats in pre-UA are that bad. But frankly I don't like this cat-and-mouse game.
But frankly, it just sucks. Give it, take it away next day.
I guess AC flights will see more of me until they get Polaris all in. Not that the seats in pre-UA are that bad. But frankly I don't like this cat-and-mouse game.
Feb 5, 2019, 9:09 am
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Feb 5, 2019, 9:18 am
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This is less of a big deal though as we are already at the 50% mark for Polaris conversions. I was looking forward to a GF seat one last time, but instead I'm "stuck" with an odd Polaris window
Feb 5, 2019, 9:36 am
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Knowing my good luck, I'll still be in the 3-class 772 and I'll be "stuck" in a middle seat of the middle section of four. And my wife will be "stuck" in a middle seat of the middle section of four but in a different row. I expect that in April we'll not have the Polarized plane as they should be assigned to routes where they sell the Premium Plus tickets. Not selling those on UA metal on nonstop flights from ORD even for flights in late summer.
Feb 5, 2019, 9:48 am
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I just booked a three-class 777-200 IAD-MUC for the fall and could book 1K. Though with the return on a Polaris seat plan, I wonder if it will change before the flight. I use EF to monitor aircraft changes. In my experience, many airlines change craft frequently. I just got alerted to a change on an upcoming BA flight from a 787 to an A380, BA kept my seat number, but that is an aircraft change which definitely made me go in and change the seat