Someone's in my seat

[dajop]

Shot in the dark here....I think the "old queen" reference is circa 1955?

Terrible terminology. I'm sure the aforementioned FA would be most insulted to hear that he was being referred to as old.

 

[Moody]

As the saying goes "To err is human. To really screw things up requires a computer. Add both together and you are truly fecked."

Coming back from Brisbane a colleague and I found ourselves well early for our flight. He claimed to be on a flexible fare and was going to try his luck at the kiosk, but I said that he should come to the lounge with me. I failed to hide my smirk when he was informed that his "flexible" fare wasn't, but they would keep a copy of his boarding pass at the desk in case something opened up (ha ha). The lady then asked to see my already printed boarding pass, probably just so she could announce to the queue "Oh no - not on THAT fare!"


No biggie - we just retired to the lounge to consume some amber fluid and do emails before our flight was finally called. As we approached the gate my colleague made one last pit stop and said "see you tomorrow", so I went to be scanned on my own. When the machine beeped I had a little flutter to my heart, as I was in the front bulkhead row of Y on a 767 and for a second thought I may have scored an Op-Up. Alas I had been reallocated a few rows back. Bugger!

I had grand plans to stare down the interloper and reclaim my seat, but she was a gorgeous tall blonde and a part of me agreed with the check-in agent! So I just slunk off and took my seat a few rows back. Then my colleague boarded and stood beside me with a stupid grin on his face. "Did you forget something?", I asked. "No - but you're in my seat!" he then smirked as he showed me his boarding pass. "Snap", I said as I showed him mine. We had the same seat and the same name - mine!!!

He went back to the door and had a conversation with the cabin crew whilst pointing at me, and after a little head scratching they led him up the back of the plane. I still don't know how we ended up with the same boarding pass and how the Qantas computers thought it OK for 2 pax to share it, but I did pluck up the courage to accost the young lady in the taxi queue and inform her that she had stolen my seat. It turns out she was an English fashion model on assignment in Oz, so as you can imagine I failed to get her number ...

 

[esseeeayeenn]

As the saying goes "To err is human. To really screw things up requires a computer. Add both together and you are truly fecked."

Coming back from Brisbane a colleague and I found ourselves well early for our flight. He claimed to be on a flexible fare and was going to try his luck at the kiosk, but I said that he should come to the lounge with me. I failed to hide my smirk when he was informed that his "flexible" fare wasn't, but they would keep a copy of his boarding pass at the desk in case something opened up (ha ha). The lady then asked to see my already printed boarding pass, probably just so she could announce to the queue "Oh no - not on THAT fare!"


No biggie - we just retired to the lounge to consume some amber fluid and do emails before our flight was finally called. As we approached the gate my colleague made one last pit stop and said "see you tomorrow", so I went to be scanned on my own. When the machine beeped I had a little flutter to my heart, as I was in the front bulkhead row of Y on a 767 and for a second thought I may have scored an Op-Up. Alas I had been reallocated a few rows back. Bugger!

I had grand plans to stare down the interloper and reclaim my seat, but she was a gorgeous tall blonde and a part of me agreed with the check-in agent! So I just slunk off and took my seat a few rows back. Then my colleague boarded and stood beside me with a stupid grin on his face. "Did you forget something?", I asked. "No - but you're in my seat!" he then smirked as he showed me his boarding pass. "Snap", I said as I showed him mine. We had the same seat and the same name - mine!!!

He went back to the door and had a conversation with the cabin crew whilst pointing at me, and after a little head scratching they led him up the back of the plane. I still don't know how we ended up with the same boarding pass and how the Qantas computers thought it OK for 2 pax to share it, but I did pluck up the courage to accost the young lady in the taxi queue and inform her that she had stolen my seat. It turns out she was an English fashion model on assignment in Oz, so as you can imagine I failed to get her number ...

You straight guys are weird.
If there was a hot guy on my flight I'd move heaven and earth to sit next to him, but I wouldn't humbly accept it if he was given MY seat!

 

[Moody]

You straight guys are weird.
If there was a hot guy on my flight I'd move heaven and earth to sit next to him, but I wouldn't humbly accept it if he was given MY seat!

A few problems there ...... firstly I didn't feel entitled to throw a tanty just because I had been slightly Op-Down-a-Bit'd. Secondly I had sort of assumed I had been gazumped by a WP with illusions of grandeur, so all my prepared indignant sarcasm was inappropriate.

 

[Danger UXB]

Sorry just caught this thread.

11k/11A on and A380, narrower J seat that it is, is probably the worst J seat (the wide ones I mean) in the whole fleet. The draught up the stairs and under the curtain turns you into frosty the snowman!
If its the A380 with the full upper deck J I always select 96 K if you don't mind the galley, there's always spare seats up the back as no one sits there so one seat for dining and movies and one seat for the bed.
My SQ F anecdote -I was asked to move from 2K to 1A at checkin a few weeks ago as "the IFE was not working". Interesting when boarding to note a family of 4 seated in row 2. I had to go against Cruiser Elites first rule of F on SQ and drink my Krug with the wrong hand:shock:

 

[jb747]

My SQ F anecdote -I was asked to move from 2K to 1A at checkin a few weeks ago as "the IFE was not working". Interesting when boarding to note a family of 4 seated in row 2.

Not necessarily untrue. There are often issues with seats that mean we might restrict who sits in them.

 

[barbra]

Ok the most worried about folks is. Will anyone steal your seat or having to think the staff has put someone there just because someone later after you have check-in requested a window seat and the staff at the check in has randomly choosen you to move away from your existing seat. This can happen at any time at any random person on the aircraft depending the situation.

In my case ive choosed PRO price. Which means select seats on economy is free of charge. I choosed a seat call (comfort seat) on finnair. Usually selecting those seats cost proximate 110.00 dollars per passanger on the economy seat at the frist grow of the plane. Close to business class i suppose. So the answer is.. Will anyone steal our seats. Even though it was free but doesn't matter because i paid a pro price value on my tickets which means i don't need to pay anything else for selecting seats. So i suppose that counts on been sure i have that seat what so ever on the comfort seat because those seats cost aprox 110.00 dollars. Imagine pay that and then someone took your seat.. where does your 110.00 went ?

And hard to imagine that someone may steal or took your seat even if you paid that seat or not. It still counts as it is your selected seat rather then a greedy person taking your window seat.

And of course it is dificult to keep up with many receipts print outs from the email for each seat you have selected. Oh though it is always handy to keep it in the carry on bag.. too many papers just so comfusing im sure. But its only a way to show them you own that seat. But then again i didn't paid for my seats. Because i paid a PRO price for the airline tickets which indicates choose pro and you get to select seats for free even on comfort seats. If you choose VALUE price for the airline tickets on finnair you end up have to pay for the seat you want. Even the comfort seat wont be free so you end up paying 110.00 dollars aproximately. But yes. I just hope my seats ive selected are mine and no one else. And just because the seats are free no charge doesn't mean its a request now. I paid a PRO higher price on airline ticket. What diferents does it make if you paid a seat or not. Each option on finnair has BASIC / VALUE / PRO choose any of those to pay airline tickets. Pro means you get to cancel your flights for free / select seats for free. The value option is more like pay for selecting seats and pay half something amount to cancel your flight options and the basic one is cheaper so this means choose a seat is only limited time and not free. Cant cancel flgihts. So that's what Options means for those who are confused to what im trying to say.

 

[barbra]

Barbra, the only thing that shows you are entitled to a particular seat is your boarding pass. Selecting a seat beforehand does not guarantee that seat; it is only a request and can be changed. You should check your boarding pass carefully when you get it, and develop an understanding of what the seat numbering is like on the plane you are travelling on. Then if at check in you see you have been given a seat you did not want you are able to ask if there is anything else (but not guaranteed).

Not even if
you paid for a seat ? mine was a PRO option a higher price to pay tickets which gives me the ability to select seats for free without charge. There are 3 options on finnair when paying a ticket. BASIC. VALUE and PRO. The pro version gives you full refund. free cancelation of the ticket. free select price. But a higher price cost to buy a airline ticket. The other options has diferent values and rules.

So if mine is PRO and paid a higher price on airline ticklet but i have the freedom to select seats for free... am i still own that seat? regardless it is not a paid seat but remember i paid airline ticket as a PRO price.

 

[barbra]

Like others have said, there are no guarantees with seats. However, most of the time you get what you requested, at least in my experience.

I also take copies of all the paper work, which most of the time I never use.

As suggested earlier, checking your boarding pass if issued at the airport is important. But if you have checked in online, and printed your boarding pass at home, then you may not know there is an issue until boarding. Boarding early helps, possession being 9/10ths if you are first to the seat.

Good luck with your flights. I have found Finnair very good, and arguments over seats are more the exception than the rule.

Thank you with your kind words. Much preciated it. Always fun to travel on a comercial plane.

 

[Captain hum]

I And I've been on a flight where they issued more boarding passes than there were seats on the plane....

That would have been worth seeing...

 

[blackcat20]

That would have been worth seeing...

It was rather interesting, until they decided a woman (once a security check was done) could sit in the jump seat, and her husband and screaming child were left in the main cabin. Kid wanted mum and screamed for the entire flight. The FA announcement was "welcome to the circus that is Jetstar"....

 

[ozbeachbabe]

It was rather interesting, until they decided a woman (once a security check was done) could sit in the jump seat, and her husband and screaming child were left in the main cabin. Kid wanted mum and screamed for the entire flight. The FA announcement was "welcome to the circus that is Jetstar"....

So do you mean by 'security check' she had a valid ASIC in the case of an airline employee on staff travel?

Surely they don't accept anyone off the street as a jump seat rider?

 

[jb747]

So do you mean by 'security check' she had a valid ASIC in the case of an airline employee on staff travel?

Surely they don't accept anyone off the street as a jump seat rider?

No, they don't, so she'd have to be a company employee.

 

[blackcat20]

So do you mean by 'security check' she had a valid ASIC in the case of an airline employee on staff travel?

Surely they don't accept anyone off the street as a jump seat rider?

I have no idea but they did some sort of check and then she sat in the jump seat. Not staff as far as I know. It was ages ago, and very crazy.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Even staff are not meant to use a jump seat unless they're in uniform, even if off duty.

 

[TomVexille]

So do you mean by 'security check' she had a valid ASIC in the case of an airline employee on staff travel?

Surely they don't accept anyone off the street as a jump seat rider?

No, they don't, so she'd have to be a company employee.

Even staff are not meant to use a jump seat unless they're in uniform, even if off duty.

May I redirect you all to the following quote

The FA announcement was "welcome to the circus that is Jetstar"....

 

[drron]

Many years ago I was in the Flight Engineers seat on a 747 taking off from SYD.
I know it had to be before 1992.

 

[dajop]

Even staff are not meant to use a jump seat unless they're in uniform, even if off duty.

Pre 2001 (sept 2001 in particular) it was much easier of course. My partner who worked for AN (management) was given jump seat at least once if not more. Of course management have no uniform.
So if it was ages ago (15 years +) definitely would have been possible to use jump seat without being in uniform. Obviously not the situation described as Jetstar didn't exist back then!

 

[jb747]

Even staff are not meant to use a jump seat unless they're in uniform, even if off duty.

Not all staff have uniforms. Anyway, this is incorrect.

 

[jb747]

Many years ago I was in the Flight Engineers seat on a 747 taking off from SYD.
I know it had to be before 1992.

1992...is another century. There were no issues prior to 2001. I very much doubt that you were in the engineer's seat though...most likely just the forward of the two spare (S/O) seats. Of course, if it was a -400, there's no such thing as the engineer's seat.