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 …

 

[Seat0B]

You do mean F and not 0A, right?

Hey that’s getting pretty close to my turf @Cloud9

 

[Flyerwin]

“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)”

What about being bumped by the CEO? I once sat behind Alan Joyce - he was in row one, I was in row two of a domestic MEL-SYD flight. Maybe he bumped someone for that flight? I tried to sneak a photo but he never did turn around properly.

 

[jb747]

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

He was on a staff ticket then, and could have been bumped by almost anyone. If he was working, then nobody could bump him.

 

[Desperado2]

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I hope the flight deck navigation system is better than this one. Off the coast around Cape Arid is a bit further than 244km from Perth & will take longer than 17 minutes to cover

It may well be quicker because of winds, which you can't tell. The pilots can.

 

[Quickstatus]

If he was working, then nobody could bump him.

Did QF flight crew ever need F cabin if working when you were on the payroll?. Would it be a step down from crew rest area?

 

[Matt_01]

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

When I was P1 there is every chance I had bumped PAX and most likely as a result of IROPS. One such occasion was a delayed LAX-MEL, 3 of us were involuntary downgraded and ended up in R4 (edit R4 was the domestic connection, see below).

 

[Kangol]

When I was P1 there is every chance I had bumped PAX and most likely as a result of IROPS. One such occasion was a delayed LAX-MEL, 3 of us were involuntary downgraded and ended up in R4.

On both an A380 and 787, row 4 is not a downgrade

 

[Matt_01]

On both an A380 and 787, row 4 is not a downgrade

I should have been more specific or at least clearer, we were downgraded on the domestic connection. On the LAX-MEL flight we were seated where we were meant to be.

 

[jb747]

Did QF flight crew ever need F cabin if working when you were on the payroll?

We were paxed in F, but that wouldn’t have displaced anyone who had bought a ticket. It would have made an upgrade less likely of course. If we had coughpit crew above the normal number (for instance a check Captain) then he’d have a booked seat in F. He wouldn’t be permitted to use the crew rest.

Would it be a step down from crew rest area?

Two I think. The 380 coughpit crew rest was excellent.

 

[eastwest101]

Regarding the OP's question, I know most people do online check-in now, with most having boarding passes emailed or are using the Qantas App, but in the case where people do online check-in the old-fashioned way and print a static physical paper boarding pass, how can Qantas move people? I assume they can page people at the terminal and/or page people in the lounge or force them to recheckin if they are checking in luggage, but if you are doing HLO domestic and you have a paper boarding pass I would be ignoring those personal pages of the PA - unless the entire flight was delayed or an equipment swap, then the only reason for this personal page is to give you a worse seat that what you have already selected right?

Would be interesting to see if its the bassinet rows being required, and/or broken seats and unservicable IFE as the main reasons for these seating changes post online chekin?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Regarding the OP's question, I know most people do online check-in now, with most having boarding passes emailed or are using the Qantas App, but in the case where people do online check-in the old-fashioned way and print a static physical paper boarding pass, how can Qantas move people? I assume they can page people at the terminal and/or page people in the lounge or force them to recheckin if they are checking in luggage, but if you are doing HLO domestic and you have a paper boarding pass I would be ignoring those personal pages of the PA - unless the entire flight was delayed or an equipment swap, then the only reason for this personal page is to give you a worse seat that what you have already selected right?

Would be interesting to see if its the bassinet rows being required, and/or broken seats and unservicable IFE as the main reasons for these seating changes post online chekin?

It would be caught at the boarding gate… a ‘beep’ and perhaps red light. You’ll be issued with a new boarding pass.

Avoiding the issue can have downsides… for example if you have been randomly assigned a middle seat, you might want to check if any aisles or windows are available before the last pax to check in snag them!

 

[justinbrett]

Regarding the OP's question, I know most people do online check-in now, with most having boarding passes emailed or are using the Qantas App, but in the case where people do online check-in the old-fashioned way and print a static physical paper boarding pass, how can Qantas move people? I assume they can page people at the terminal and/or page people in the lounge or force them to recheckin if they are checking in luggage, but if you are doing HLO domestic and you have a paper boarding pass I would be ignoring those personal pages of the PA - unless the entire flight was delayed or an equipment swap, then the only reason for this personal page is to give you a worse seat that what you have already selected right?

Would be interesting to see if its the bassinet rows being required, and/or broken seats and unservicable IFE as the main reasons for these seating changes post online chekin?

As @MEL_Traveller said, it’s no different to a traditional boarding pass. Airlines don’t wait for you to move your seat, they move you and it makes your boarding passes invalid. This is also how last minute upgrades work.

You can ignore it all you like but it won’t change the outcome.