I've just returned from a Melbourne - Sydney - LA - Torronto - LA - Melbourne FF trip with Qantas and the seating allocation drove me insane.
Arrive at Melbourne airport at 0445 to be told that ALL exit row seats are gone between Melbourne and Sydney on the international flight and also from Sydney to LA.
Board plane and find that not a single exit row seat was taken. A count of heads revealed 85 people in cattle class.
By the time we get to the QC in Sydney it was supposedly too late for the exit rows and my complaint about the Melbourne checkin fell on deaf ears!
AA gave us exit rows from LA to Toronto and return which was nice for a 4.5hr flight.
At LA we are again told that there are no exit rows available but a quick complaint and it turns out that not only are there some vacant, but we can get 3 together as requested.
I fly international cattle class on a monthly basis and with Qantas NEVER manage to get an exit row, even as a Gold FF, but if I fly with Cathay or BA I can get one quite easily. Why is this so? Have just fired off an emai lto Qantas to find out but am not expecting any decent reply from them.
Arrive at Melbourne airport at 0445 to be told that ALL exit row seats are gone between Melbourne and Sydney on the international flight and also from Sydney to LA.
Board plane and find that not a single exit row seat was taken. A count of heads revealed 85 people in cattle class.
By the time we get to the QC in Sydney it was supposedly too late for the exit rows and my complaint about the Melbourne checkin fell on deaf ears!
AA gave us exit rows from LA to Toronto and return which was nice for a 4.5hr flight.
At LA we are again told that there are no exit rows available but a quick complaint and it turns out that not only are there some vacant, but we can get 3 together as requested.
I fly international cattle class on a monthly basis and with Qantas NEVER manage to get an exit row, even as a Gold FF, but if I fly with Cathay or BA I can get one quite easily. Why is this so? Have just fired off an emai lto Qantas to find out but am not expecting any decent reply from them.