Here's an annoying little quirk I learnt this morning. I went to check in online for tonights flight and saw that I had been moved from my pre-assigned 3A to 21E. I called VA to ask why and they advised me there had been a 5 minute schedule change to my return flight only which meant Manila threw out my seating assignment and started again (I was not told of the schedule change). The resassigned everyone based on the status they currently had, not the status they had when they made the booking and/or made the seat assignment. I had dropped from WP to SG since making the booking and assignment so was provided with 21E instead of 3A as 'they needed to reseat all the WPs before they reseated you' (despite these WPs not having 3A before the schedule change).
The best part? We went through my other bookings and discovered that this had occurred with more than half of my bookings (schedule change, no notification, then given a random seat somwehere down the back).
If you status has changed since you did a seat assignment I would recommend checking your booking online - you may be in for a nasty shock (and you can't get your old seat back).
The best part? We went through my other bookings and discovered that this had occurred with more than half of my bookings (schedule change, no notification, then given a random seat somwehere down the back).
If you status has changed since you did a seat assignment I would recommend checking your booking online - you may be in for a nasty shock (and you can't get your old seat back).