Seat moved after online checkin

[New to this]

On the OP situation. I got moved in J to accomodate an elderly couple to be seated together.
Didn’t mind of course, just commenting on the fact that it happens.

 

[Cloud9]

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

You do mean F and not 0A, right?

 

[Mrsfefe]

We had this happen several times in the last 6 months. Checked in online, domestic flights, nothing special seats in business on E190, and a few hours later noticed we had been moved to economy seats. Our business seats remained open, so we moved ourselves back online. Happened often enough that we now keep checking our seats online after checkin, makes us feel very nervous. Both platinum, no idea why it happens.

 

[Quickstatus]

no idea why it happens.

Perhaps the VIP who bumped you whatever they are, changed flights at the last minute or didn't make the flight. If it was a aircraft balancing issue the CC would have stopped you going back to those seats

 

[New to this]

Not 0A. LOL


Had put in for an upgrade, did not come through.

At the very last minute that changed and I got the seat.
Cabin crew asked me if I was staff. I said no, they were “that’s weird, was a captain scheduled for that seat, he’s not happy he got bumped, we assumed you were someone important (or similar words)”

 

[Dmac59]

Cabin crew asked me if I was staff. I said no, they were “that’s weird, was a captain scheduled for that seat, he’s not happy he got bumped, we assumed you were someone important (or similar words)”

But you are ‘someone important’ @New to this. Not necessarily to QF

 

[Mrsfefe]

Perhaps the VIP who bumped you whatever they are, changed flights at the last minute or didn't make the flight. If it was a aircraft balancing issue the CC would have stopped you going back to those seats

It has happened 3 times now, and each time we have noticed it and moved back to our original, already checked in, seats more than 8 hours before the flight. Not sure too many VIPs fly out of NTL! But these were row 2 seats , while row 1 and row 3 seats were still available. So why bump us back to economy, even if there was someone special wanting our specific business seats. I don’t know, we just keep checking

 

[DC3]

… we assumed you were someone important …