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My wife and I are flying PER-ADL (734) followed by ADL-BNE (738), at the backend of an AONE4 with both of us on the same itinerary. Both WP's - she has Window, Forward in her profile; I have Aisle, Forward.
Ok, so PER-ADL: she gets 1D (Aisle), I get 2F (window)!?! Neither adjacent seat allocated (1A and 1C only other allocated seats), so I put myself into 1F. Slightly less weird, but ADL-BNE she gets 2C, I get 2D - adjacent seats across the aisle. I hopped across to 2A. Other than us, row 1 was completely allocated.
It seems somewhat unusual to split people on the same itinerary across different rows and sides of the plane. Certainly not happened before. Fortunately, light loads so easily fixed.
This it seems is current procedure with QF over last 2 months, my wife and I have done 8 flights and all of them we have not been together. I've been told computer problem.
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This it seems is current procedure with QF over last 2 months, my wife and I have done 8 flights and all of them we have not been together. I've been told computer problem.
Happens sometimes when people try to be overly clever with software and rules engines. Unexpected results that take a while to iron out.
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Re: Qantas New Check In Seating Allocation
Not in all cases it would appear - mrsdoc and I have been seated together all our flights. Now both silver, preference fwd aisle for me, fwd aisle for mrsdoc. Always got DE or BC.
And my seat allocations are getting stranger. Last week BNE-SYD I managed to get to 4C via OLCI after being allocated row 7 and when I boarded the flight there was someone sitting in 4B but no one in 4A. On Sunday for SYD-BNE I had 7D and today I am allocated 6C.
I hate this new check in system. When I was Gold and early days of Platinum I was always getting row 4 on the 737s or at worst row 5. These days I have no idea where I will be sitting. Serves me right for being loyal to Qantas....
Last edited by JohnK; 24th October 2008 at 07:29 PM.
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Re: Qantas New Check In Seating Allocation
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Originally Posted by JohnK
And my seat allocations are getting stranger. Last week BNE-SYD I managed to get to 4A via OLCI after being allocated row 7 and when I boarded the flight there was someone sitting in 4B but no one in 4A. On Sunday for SYD-BNE I had 7D and today I am allocated 6C.
I hate this new check in system. When I was Gold and early days of Platinum I was always getting row 4 on the 737s or at worst row 5. These days I have no idea where I will be sitting. Serves me right for being loyal to Qantas....
Wouldnt you have been in 4A?
And i must say there's precious little difference between 7D and 6C really.
I'd suggest (kindly) that if you're in any of rows 7, 6, 5, or 4, that's not much of a difference. We'd all love to have our favourite seat every flight, but that's not going to happen. Your allocations (tht you list above) dont seem that weird to me, but others may disagree. If you were suddenly getting row 15, that'd be weird.
Not a big deal but when you see people seated in front of you holding a boarding with no status then it becomes a little confusing. And I was allocated row 45F on a 767 last month....
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I'd suggest (kindly) that if you're in any of rows 7, 6, 5, or 4, that's not much of a difference. We'd all love to have our favourite seat every flight, but that's not going to happen.
I agree I find any of those seats ok, it just that when the good lady gets 4C and I get 5A, and my pref is aisle and her's is window, that is what is so weird about this system
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I agree I find any of those seats ok, it just that when the good lady gets 4C and I get 5A, and my pref is aisle and her's is window, that is what is so weird about this system
!?! Neither adjacent seat allocated (1A and 1C only other allocated seats), so I put myself into 1F. Slightly less weird, but ADL-BNE she gets 2C, I get 2D - adjacent seats across the aisle. I hopped across to 2A. Other than us, row 1 was completely allocated.
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