Yeah, the airlines definitely consider it reasonable. I'm fairly sure AJ would consider it perfectly reasonable to cancel the flight and not refund anyone.
Won't happen as long as we have a Chairman's Lounge.
Yep, genius move from Qantas. Give all the decision makers some benefits that normal people can't have and watch as they never regulate you.
And the LTWP’s
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
www.paddleyourownkanoo.com
VH-NXQ?
This is the way this should be handled though. Interestingly I've NEVER been paged and asked for any move. Sometimes the pax themselves on board, and sometimes I notice an obvious pair of companions (ie couple) seated apart and offer myself if it suits, but I can't remember being paged and asked.. but if staff are going to aim to move people around to try and make nie, then asking up front is appropriate.
) wouldn't be the type to do that.
I was more discussing the situation that some seem to allege is a thing of uber entitled P1's (or CL) who ask to be in a specific seat even if it is taken - and I was just commenting I was never aware of such a thing in my experience.. and that most P1's I know (like you
I am pretty sure I saw someone in the seat - though can't recall if they needed to have it moved manually.
It seems to be a part of QF's wider maintenance problem with its widebody fleet. Perhaps closing their own maintenance facilities, cutting the engineering workforce to the bone and continuing to draw down the inventory of spare parts wasn't such a good idea after all.
Meanwhile flying KLM J last year, my flights got cancelled and rebooked several times (including aircraft swaps). Despite all of this, I remained in my initially chosen seat (1A) which by the way is the best on any aircraft!
At least there is a 1A on most aircraft, which helps when there is an aircraft change.
Like the Asian airlines who tend to start J at say row 11, even if it is the top cabin on the aircraft (but that does make some sense actually when it does come to swaps.. sometimes) or an airline like AA, when some aircraft would have F start at Row 1, and others at Row 3. I recall a flight a few years ago on a 737-800 from ATL-MIA where I'd selected row 3 (totally forgetting about this thing) to avoid the bulkhead.. there was a plane swap at some point that I didn't notice and voila.. I woumd up in the bulkhead. lol
On the outside they might look the same, but the internals are different with the 787. They have less and different parts to make it lighter.
.
Unlikely. It’s otherwise known as ‘Emerald City’… I don’t think you can select seats here in advance of T-80 unless you are WP or higher
Interesting: so low-tech can have its benefits apparently!
