8th October No Seat Requests Available in MMB Yet!

......The ability to request a specific seat is an extra that most other transatlantic airlines charge for ........

...... BA and a wheelbarrow full of other airlines charge for the ability to play that guessing game.......

My experience of flying Transatlantic is limited to BA, VS & EI. Of which BA, are the only ones to charge for seating pre-assignments prior to OLCI opening & I had always assumed (dangerous I know) that they were alone in this policy.

Which other airlines flying the TA route charge for seating assignments currently ?

I am travelling LGW-BGI Pe on 4th January (87 days away,not that I'm counting!) and still no seat plan,so I guess it's a waiting game,expect I will have to wait till olci becomes available 24 hours before,happy days! ^)

Good to see a peace accord appears to have been signed y) y)

......The ability to request a specific seat is an extra that most other transatlantic airlines charge for ........

...... BA and a wheelbarrow full of other airlines charge for the ability to play that guessing game.......

My experience of flying Transatlantic is limited to BA, VS & EI. Of which BA, are the only ones to charge for seating pre-assignments prior to OLCI opening & I had always assumed (dangerous I know) that they were alone in this policy.

Which other airlines flying the TA route charge for seating assignments currently ?

Kered, I cannot speak for gumshoe but my post was non specific to the transatlantic route to include all airlines as VS don't just compete on the transatlantic route.... yep a hell of a lot of airlines out there, def enough to fill a wheelbarrow

Pretty much all of the short haul hoppers around Europe charge for this service, moving around the globe to inter asia, inter australian and new zealand also to have seats pre-selected attracts a charge depending on where in the plane you may wish to sit... at least that is from my experiences - perhaps someone could confirm who travels over that way more frequently than I

Inter US flights are next up... there are some airlines that levy charges for pre selection again dependant on seat location.. bulkhead and exit rows of course attract a higher charge ): I cannot give you a list, however I am sure google could be of assistance. BA are not alone

Ah yeah, I had myself pretty much focused on the TA route as that's what I fly & have flown for many, many years. Also I'm aware that a lot of short haul & LC carriers do charge for seating assignments in advance, so I probably should have been a little more specific in my question.

In the long haul sector I've long assumed that BA are pretty much on their own with a blanket charging system for seating assignments in advance of OLCI & was quite interested to pick up from this thread, that perhaps their are others & would like to know which airlines they are.

Spoke to CS less than 30 mins ago A) they had no idea the website was showing seat reservations available from 8 Oct for PE and B) confirmed that even they could not make a seat reservation earlier than from 90 days
So looks like everyone waits til 90 days before