Infant Not Allowed in Row 4 on QF 73H?

[Sequel]

Flight on a QF 73H booked tomorrow for all the Sequels, including an infant attached to me.

T-80, went to allocate seats and to my surprise could select 4A,B & C.

Get to the end of the seat selection process and it gives an error. Tried a few different options across different rows and it turns out it will not let me sit in row 4 with an infant.

Ring QF to see if it was a physical problem (such as no fourth oxy mask) and after a few phone calls (chap was very helpful, must have spent 30 mins on it and phoned me back 3 times, thumbs up QF and apologies to everyone else who must have been waiting on the line with important problems ) they could sit us in row 4 if the infant didn't have a name, but once the name is added it is no longer an option.

Selected 4A/C and me in 5C to see what would happen with OLCI. Have tried OLCI this morning, 4B is available for me to select but once I select it and press NEXT, it gives me an error that my seat is no longer available and to refresh, at which point 4B is still showing free, it is just it wont let me save the selection.

Does anyone know if there is any physical reason why the infant cant sit in row 4? If there is then I will move us to an empty row further back. If not then I will leave us where we are and get it changed at check in.

 

[markis10]

Row 4 may not have a spare mask for the infant, so seating is limited to 3 pax only.

 

[Groundfeeder]

Does any 738 row have more than 3 masks?

 

[markis10]

Does any 738 row have more than 3 masks?

yes, there is a spare on most of the ABC seats or left hand side although I believe Air NZ alternate the spare each row between left and right in their 737s.

 

[Sequel]

The mystery deepens.

On the assumption that we wont be allowed in 4 at check-in I went to change the seats.

Manage my booking shows seats 4A/C and 5C.

OLCI now shows us as "Status - Checked In" and "Seat - 4A/B/C"

You beauty I think. Confirm seats, make dangerous goods declaration, print boarding pass, and instead of downloading the boarding passes it tells me to try again later or at the airport.

Post Script - To make the situation worse, in going through the steps to write this post, I accidentally checked YES for dangerous goods, and now when I press the OLCI button I just get an error saying I am not eligible. I hate to think what is going to happen tomorrow at check in with all the stuffing around this booking has had. I should've just taken row 5 to begin with, SWMBO (who thinks all seats are the same) wont be impressed in the morning!!

 

[Groundfeeder]

yes, there is a spare on most of the ABC seats or left hand side

Is this only on Tasmanian flights?
Quote Khamal - "why are people so unkind"

 

[dizperliz]

738 has spare oxy mask at every outlet (4 total), however 734 only has spare oxy mark at every second row. Sometimes the seating rules for one a/c type can carry onto another (inadvertently) particularly if its just a different series (400/800 ect).

 

[Sequel]

Well, after all that, the flight was cancelled and we were put onto a 763! We will all have to wait until next time to see what the issue was.

 

[docjames]

We were unable to print boarding passes for J seating for mrsdoc and myself on 763 with infant (bookings-wise attached to me)

At the time, I presumed the issue was for QF to "sight" the infant prior to boarding to ensure they are actually <2yo.

Seat selection allowed me to choose any group of two in the business cabin (except 1J/K presumably related to the bassinet).

As it turned out, I'd taken 1AB at T-78h, then on checkin, we asked for the bassinet side (which I couldnt select) - no problem and the checkin attendant did it for us. Turned out to be a dreamtime/intl config so glad we moved otherwise we'd probably have ended up 1A/1E across the aisle from mrsdoc (then I really would have been in trouble!). Must have been a late a/c sub as i hadnt checked after T-78h but it was definitely 2-2-2 and 1AB that i'd taken (but been unable to print BPs).

 

[MiLK_MaN]

Row 4 may not have a spare mask for the infant, so seating is limited to 3 pax only.

That's interesting, because I was upgraded to J on SYD-CGK the other day and I distinctly remember one of the FA's advising some parents in row 1 on an A330 that there was no oxygen mask for their infant and that they'd have to share in case of emergency.

 

[Beulah]

Ryanair operates over 250 aircraft on over 1,100 routes across Europe and morocco from 44 bases

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[MrHyde]

Could it be a plane with the new airbags in the seatbelts? I have sat in Row 4 with my infant son on my lap in 2009 on trans-tasman flights with no issues. However, our last trans-tasman flight was on the new 737s (Edmund Hillary) and these planes had an airbag in the seat belts in Row 4. The FA told us that children could not sit on these rows as it was too dangerous for them if the airbags went off.