Seat selection options by status

[liebs]

Can someone explain.
Im currently Bronze and use expert flyer to alert me to seats up the front of the economy cabin where possible.
So far Im usually able to get something in rows 9-13 at T-80 which is fine considering I have no status.
Im soon going to achieve Silver and just wondered to what extent selection opens up at that level or is it not until Gold or Platinum that I can expect to regularly sit right up front of Y

Thanks

 

[simongr]

My understanding is this:

CL/P1 - 1 - 2
WP - 3 - 4
SG - 5 - 7
PS - 9 - 11
NB - Any where back from there

This is based on generic row numbers so on a 737 it would be rows 4 - 5 for P1 and so on.

I would expect as a PS you could get rows 11 - 13 at booking.

 

[Must...Fly!]

IME as a PS it has historically only given me a couple of extra rows - iirc 17 and back, compared to 19 and back for NB.

However at T-80 a lot more opened up for me as PS - pretty much every unallocated seat, whereas as a NB I would be lucky to see much extra at all.

 

[madrooster]

My understanding is this:

CL/P1 - 1 - 2
WP - 3 - 4
SG - 5 - 7
PS - 9 - 11
NB - Any where back from there

This is based on generic row numbers so on a 737 it would be rows 4 - 5 for P1 and so on.

I would expect as a PS you could get rows 11 - 13 at booking.

Row-specific for a 737-800 (737-400 is similar, possibly the same):

CL/P1 - rows 4 backwards
WP - row 6 backwards
SG - row 11 backwards
PS - row 17 backwards
NB - row 19 backwards

Row-specific for a A380-800 upstairs only (I haven't paid attention to downstairs):

CL/P1/WP - row 32-36
SG - row 34-36
PS/NB - parts of row 35 and 36.

 

[medhead]

As a PS I don't recall being able to get in front of the exit rows on a 737.

 

[k3nnis]

Does a cx gold OWS have the same seat selection as a QFgold?

 

[liebs]

Just to clarify all travel is domestic.
From t-80 Im often able to get as far forward as 8 , 9 or 10 with some quick reaction time to Seat-alerts through EF

 

[Mattg]

For domestic, PS can select rows 17-29 on the 737-800 (for international, e.g. Aus - NZ, this becomes rows 8-29, except for rows 13 and 14 which are exit rows).

On the 767, PS can choose rows 39-57 in advance.

Of course, more seats become available at T-80, but you won't be able to preselected front or exit row seats AFAIK.

 

[Thai-Kiwi]

QC NB in Y able to select seats with no fee, and well outside usual windows

I'm QC NB and when reviewing my NZ-Asia itinerary for early Aug a few days ago, I just decided to just pay the $25 for the long haul sectors.

However, on completion of selecting the seats I wanted (31J on lightly loaded A333 both ways), there was no payment page - it was if I was within the free 24 hours (or whatever) or I had free seat selection due to high status, which I don't. The fare class is N on all sectors.

I went back and allocated myself 9C for the Trans-Tasman sectors.

On the 333, I could see from row 29 rearwards, and exit seats (row 45) were available for purchase. On the 73H TT, I could see row 9 rearwards.

This seems very odd, but I'm not complaining. I'm presuming there are no very recent changes to QC benefits, and that this is just a favourable glitch.

Anyone encountered anything similar?

 

[Boeta]

Re: QC NB in Y able to select seats with no fee, and well outside usual windows

I'm QC NB and...on completion of selecting the seats I wanted (31J on lightly loaded A333 both ways), there was no payment page...
Anyone encountered anything similar?

I have experienced the same (also QP NB), and mine too was part of a longer trip (PER-SIN-LHR). Yet just a couple of days ago, booked the same flight to SIN, without the onward connection and it wanted my money to secure the seats. So perhaps there is an exception for passengers on multi-leg international trips? Or perhaps as you eluded to there is a glitch??

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Re: QC NB in Y able to select seats with no fee, and well outside usual windows

I'm QC NB and when reviewing my NZ-Asia itinerary for early Aug a few days ago, I just decided to just pay the $25 for the long haul sectors.

However, on completion of selecting the seats I wanted (31J on lightly loaded A333 both ways), there was no payment page - it was if I was within the free 24 hours (or whatever) or I had free seat selection due to high status, which I don't. The fare class is N on all sectors.

I went back and allocated myself 9C for the Trans-Tasman sectors.

On the 333, I could see from row 29 rearwards, and exit seats (row 45) were available for purchase. On the 73H TT, I could see row 9 rearwards.

This seems very odd, but I'm not complaining. I'm presuming there are no very recent changes to QC benefits, and that this is just a favourable glitch.

Anyone encountered anything similar?

I have experienced the same (also QP NB), and mine too was part of a longer trip (PER-SIN-LHR). Yet just a couple of days ago, booked the same flight to SIN, without the onward connection and it wanted my money to secure the seats. So perhaps there is an exception for passengers on multi-leg international trips? Or perhaps as you eluded to there is a glitch??

When you go into MMB does it show those seat numbers you selected next to the flights & therefore unavailable for selection when viewing the seat map on Expert Flyer?

 

[Thai-Kiwi]

Re: QC NB in Y able to select seats with no fee, and well outside usual windows

When you go into MMB does it show those seat numbers you selected next to the flights & therefore unavailable for selection when viewing the seat map on Expert Flyer?

Yep. All looks perfectly allocated, and showing as unavailable on EF (as I have them!).

 

[roncritch]

Row-specific for a 737-800 (737-400 is similar, possibly the same):

CL/P1 - rows 4 backwards
WP - row 6 backwards
SG - row 11 backwards
PS - row 17 backwards
NB - row 19 backwards

Row-specific for a A380-800 upstairs only (I haven't paid attention to downstairs):

CL/P1/WP - row 32-36
SG - row 34-36
PS/NB - parts of row 35 and 36.

Correct as a PS (and a KTA-PER frequent traveler so always on 737-800) I get 17 backwards, but at T80 have got several flights in 4 and 90% of the time in exit 13 & 14.

Flying PER_SIN (3330-300) in Aug allocated 27..had a choice of 45 exit but not 2 seats together (flying with my S/O)
Fingers crossed for 23 when flight opens

 

[roncritch]

Is there any other opening of seats closer to the flight apart from T-80?

 

[Limewood]

Booked some seats SYD/HKG as SG since went WP recently, then a whole bunch better seats available so booked em.