[serfty]

- very little chance of that; one normally cannot OLCI for domestic connections of international flights (when on the same booking).

[QF009]

Got 11D for this 738 operated service, no different from before as I'd usually be allocated something around rows 11-13.

[garyjohn951]

Flew to BNE last weekend and online seating showed as

was able to change to 8B and 8C

On the Sunday on way back at "live person" checkin, it again cam up with 7C and 6C, checkin changed it to 6C and 6B.

The checkin lady asked what my wife's profile said and we said window !!

She said system had a number of weird results.

[dot]

Originally Posted by garyjohn951

The checkin lady asked what my wife's profile said and we said window !!

She said system had a number of weird results.

Sounds like what happened to me - the old profiles just said 'forward window' and didn't give any precedent to either characteristic. I invariably got a window seat close to the front of Y. When they introduced the new system, the profiles changed so that you could give priority to forward or priority to window - the default translation from the old 'forward window' setting gives forward the priority over window. I have since changed my profile to read 'window, forward' but have my first dom Y since the change this Sunday, so I will have to see what gets allocated...

<edit> scratch that - have just re-read garyjohn951's post and that is not what he is saying... foot in mouth disease strikes again! </edit>

[JohnK]

Originally Posted by QF009

Got 11D for this 738 operated service, no different from before as I'd usually be allocated something around rows 11-13.

Would be interested to see whether other Oneworld Emeralds get treated the same as QF Platinum when it comes to seat allocations under the new system.

[NM]

Yesterday I was allocated 19D on a 734 flight, on a full Y fare. I changed that to 13D using OLCI. When I boarded, the QF Platinum member sitting in 13C was not a happy camper. She was complaining to all and sundry that as a Platinum FF member she has regularly been seated in the second half of the cabin. Obviously I have no idea what fare she was travelling on. She said she has written to QF to complain on several occasions. Check-in staff have told her it was due to a glitch in the new software - take that however you like.

[serfty]

Originally Posted by garyjohn951

... The checkin lady asked what my wife's profile said and we said window !! ...

Was your profile window, your wife's or both? Were you on the same or separate booking(s)?

[garyjohn951]

I am WP Forward Aisle
My wife is SG Forward Window

we regularly travel 8 - 10 times a year together over last three years and ALL those trips my preference was taken with her getting B or E seats, which was the way the system used to work,

[QF009]

Just OLCIed. 7C for flight back tomorrow, also a 738.

These are all booked in O.

[pauly7]

Originally Posted by NM

Yesterday I was allocated 19D on a 734 flight, on a full Y fare. I changed that to 13D using OLCI. When I boarded, the QF Platinum member sitting in 13C was not a happy camper. She was complaining to all and sundry that as a Platinum FF member she has regularly been seated in the second half of the cabin. Obviously I have no idea what fare she was travelling on. She said she has written to QF to complain on several occasions. Check-in staff have told her it was due to a glitch in the new software - take that however you like.

Conversely I'm having a fantastic time with the new software/process! Always fly full Y/B - used to get about 7/8 now 3 trips i have had 4,5,4! Plus first row (usually 23) on the 767! Only a Gold here.