Changes to SQ J seat selection on Lite and award fares

[MELso]

Yep I have one flight that I forgot to pick a seat, now I'm down the back

Hopefully, there'll still be a decent selection at T-96...

 

[lovestotravel]

Hopefully, there'll still be a decent selection at T-96...

I'll probably manage the front bulkhead , it's only 1 seat for me, the rest of the family are in 3 seats together.
I wonder if the next step will be "paid" access to the forward seats, like on Air France...

 

[Beer_budget]

Interestingly, my existing (J saver) award booking still indicates "As a KrisFlyer Elite Gold member, you can enjoy complimentary advance seat selection".

I can't tell though whether there's only limited seats remaining or the options are actually restricted, since we're under three months to flight date and seats were already half full when we originally booked.

 

[Clayton]

JAL and QF have always restricted seat allocations on award tickets for non-elite members. As does BA, including for cash purchased tickets without elite status. I've become used to setting alarms at the requisite number of hours before boarding to compete with others so no real difference. Also the number of award seats booked in a typical J cabin would be 2, so hardly any benefit to Krisflyer making it too difficult.

 

[luckypierre]

Hopefully, there'll still be a decent selection at T-96...

Hopefully as more non status bookings are made and the rows fill up from the rear moving forward, that rows closer to the front will open up and become available for selection.