Seat moved after online checkin

[jb747]

Were either of the seats broken? Sometimes a broken seat can be used, but not commercially.

 

[Doddler]

No, a normal passenger couple sat in the seats.

 

[DC3]

So, hypothetically, if passengers who needed the bassinet seats (and were allocated those seats) subsequently changed flights or cancelled, then those seats would then be available for anyone to select?. Maybe someone else got lucky in the process?

 

[Quickstatus]

Sometimes a broken seat can be used, but not commercially.

No, a normal passenger couple sat in the seats.

A broken seat may be given to an airline employee on standby flight.

 

[aikman]

Lol at all the wild and improbable excuses. Anything to deflect blame away from Qantas.

 

[Quickstatus]

Lol at all the wild and improbable excuses

Which ones?

 

[aikman]

Which ones?

This one. Too crazy to even imagine.

It can be something as simple as an overworked check in agent not caring who they were moving to accommodate a need.

Edit: I was being sarcastic because I thought the question I was responding to was a joke. I consider serfty's reason to be the most probable. The other reasons, like someone with a baby stole the seats and then cancelled within the online check in period, or that the seat was broken so Qantas was being proactive and moved everyone booked in that seat on all flights in that aircraft was moved and the seat is now reserved for staff travel, I think are unlikely.

 

[Cloud9]

This one. Too crazy to even imagine.

Hardly deflects it if we consider vicarious liability.

 

[serfty]

This one. Too crazy to even imagine.

After over 2200 flights I can assure you it happens now and again. And, no, there is no deflection - the blame is squarely with Qantas.

 

[markis10]

Love posts with a closed mind to the possibilities experience offers - not!

 

[pauly7]

We moved flights once and took the bassinet seats from someone (had Bubs with us).

We subsequently then didn’t make the connection…! So those people bumped out would also have seen non baby carrying folk in their seats…

This was a while ago so not guilty for your flights

 

[justinbrett]

My explanation:

 

[Robert K]

Doubt anyone you contact is going to know the reason.

 

[DC3]

Manila is waiting for your call.

 

[Quickstatus]

This one.

I've had the Im too busy don't care experience from this airline

 

[Kangol]

There was a huge scandal quite a few years ago (before Covid) of this exact situation happening. It went quiet after that as I think QF stopped bumping pax for P1/CLs. Hopefully that hasn’t started again.

They can bump for CL, but not P1. At least I've never heard of that.

 

[Quickstatus]

At least I've never heard of that.

We will never find out unless you know the person getting your seat.

P1 sometimes/occasionally? don't get their seat preference so that might be true

CLP1 friend says extremely rare to not get seat preference. But he is one of top10 P1 flyer apparently

 

[DC3]

So those people bumped out would also have seen non baby carrying folk in their seats…

Your post makes a lot of sense as to what may have happened when we look at our previously selected bassinet seat.

 

[Kangol]

We will never find out unless you know the person getting your seat.

P1 sometimes/occasionally? don't get their seat preference so that might be true

CLP1 friend says extremely rare to not get seat preference. But he is one of top10 P1 flyer apparently

CLPO is counted as a CL, not P1. The CL trumps the P1 part.

I've seen CLs bump people off a full flight before.

If any P1s have bumped others from their seats before, reply with a wink emoji

 

[New to this]

I bumped a Qantas captain out of F on QF1. Does that count?