Qantas seat selection with more options at T-80

[SYD]

Has Qantas stopped the T80 ability to select seats?

Short answer: No

I'm flying J on a BNE-SYD 737-800 and it is currently -T52 and I still get the following message when trying to seat select

Individual seat selection isn't available for this flight.
Select a seat preference

As others have suggested, it’s probably very full. How many PAX on your booking?

A free Expert Flyer (EF) account is handy to check seat availability (free, taken and blocked - the later could become free at checkin).

 

[eric2011]

Short answer: No

As others have suggested, it’s probably very full. How many PAX on your booking?

A free Expert Flyer (EF) account is handy to check seat availability (free, taken and blocked - the later could become free at checkin).

Only 1 pax. I have expert flyer and it shows the front row blocked but I thought they became available at T80

 

[Human]

T80 worked for me on two flights between MEL and SYD last week. I'm QFF Bronze and snaffled row 4 on both flights.

 

[eric2011]

T80 worked for me on two flights between MEL and SYD last week. I'm QFF Bronze and snaffled row 4 on both flights.

I can pre-select my return but not the outbound

 

[Lat34]

I can pre-select my return but not the outbound

Try seat selection at RJ.COM perhaps?

 

[eric2011]

T43 and I have been able to select 1C. Was the only choice

 

[Brucetiki]

T80 worked for me last week both ways (ADL-BNE and BNE-ADL).

Scored the coveted row 4 BNE-ADL (ADL-BNE was in business class, but still scored row 2, which on the 10 seat business configuration E190's was in fact the front row).

 

[ozflier]

Worked fine in business PER-BNE friday but I note the cabin in only half full !

 

[dairyfloss]

T43 and I have been able to select 1C. Was the only choice

We’ll await your next updates in the famous people spotted while travelling thread

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[CaptJCool]

Flight maps still working for me in the next two days...

grabbed row 1 or 4 on 3 flights - missed row 4 on the last flight so 5 it is

 

[tdimdad]

Altea prevents seat selection once it reaches 80% and/or when your availability of seats based on status reaches 80%.

Out of interest, what's the reason for that? And why would 80% be the best threshold for it?

 

[MrJetset]

Out of interest, what's the reason for that? And why would 80% be the best threshold for it?

I don't know the reason, I only know the rule.

Perhaps @TheInsider could shed some light here.

 

[madrooster]

Altea prevents seat selection once it reaches 80% and/or when your availability of seats based on status reaches 80%.

It doesn't stop seat selection at 80%. I don't know who came up with the 80% here but it's never been true.

The QF site will not show a seat map when there's not enough freely available seats available to cover the number of pax in your PNR for your status level. For a bronze/no FF number pax on a QF B738, that means if all seats from row 15 onwards are either blocked (eg. seat broken) or allocated, the QF website will not show a seat map.

 

[MrJetset]

It doesn't stop seat selection at 80%. I don't know who came up with the 80% here but it's never been true.

This information is directly from QF ops.

 

[justinbrett]

This information is directly from QF ops.

I don't think that's correct. My experience matches what @madrooster said.

Plenty of times I've seen the seat map be completely occupied/blocked with only one spare seat to swap to (as a solo traveller)

 

[Danger]

This information is directly from QF ops.

Manila, Nadi or Cape Town-based?

 

[MrJetset]

Manila, Nadi or Cape Town-based?

QF Operations Centre. Not a call centre.

 

[madrooster]

QF Operations Centre. Not a call centre.

QF operations would have zero idea about how the website behaves... and they have nothing to do with a flight that is not within 80 hours of departure.

 

[sudoer]

QF1 in PE later this week, now T-70 and bulkhead row still not unblocked.

Every open seat in the cabin is occupied so I get the generic seat selection error in MMB.

Called QF and played dumb, they told me the seats will open at T-48.

 

[defurax]

QF1 in PE later this week, now T-70 and bulkhead row still not unblocked.

Every open seat in the cabin is occupied so I get the generic seat selection error in MMB.

Called QF and played dumb, they told me the seats will open at T-48.

I'm P1 and that's what I see. I think 31J can only be allocated at airport.