Seat Preallocation Question

[serfty]

Hmm, did you click the [+] details Icons to ascertain further information?

Aside from that, if all else fails and checkmytrip does not show your seat then you will need to ring up.

[Danger]

Has anybody had any experience pre-allocating BA seats on a DONE4, booked through AA, as a oneworld Emerald? BA tell me all they can do is put in a request for a particular seat.

[serfty]

If your emerald status is correctly in the booking you should be able to select seats online using BA - Manage My Booking.

[Danger]

If your emerald status is correctly in the booking you should be able to select seats online using BA - Manage My Booking.

But not until 24 hours prior to departure, correct?

[straitman]

But not until 24 hours prior to departure, correct?

It was the case, though it may have changed, that as a OWE you could pre allocate well ahead of time.

[NM]

But not until 24 hours prior to departure, correct?

if your Emerald status is correctly in the booking, you can select seats on-line any time, not just during on-line check-in. If you are unable to do it on-line then your status is not correctly applied to the booking.

[Danger]

I double-checked with AA and my FF status was in the booking so I phoned BA back and asked what the problem was. The agent re-entered my FF number and it confirmed my Emerald status. I'm now able to choose seats.

[serfty]

But not until 24 hours prior to departure, correct?

As NM posted, any time after the booking is made. Furthermore you can select exit row seats.

Just be wary of the BA seat shifters (... sounds of the Jaws theme music ...).

[NM]

I double-checked with AA and my FF status was in the booking so I phoned BA back and asked what the problem was. The agent re-entered my FF number and it confirmed my Emerald status. I'm now able to choose seats.

Is this a QF FF number that is reflecting your Emerald status? If so, does it have a leading zero in the number? BA's system requires all leading zeros to be included, while QF and AA seem to be ok with the trailing non-zero numbers.

[Danger]

Is this a QF FF number that is reflecting your Emerald status? If so, does it have a leading zero in the number? BA's system requires all leading zeros to be included, while QF and AA seem to be ok with the trailing non-zero numbers.

Interesting. No, it doesn't have a leading zero.