The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

[SJF211]

Can anyone hazard a guess at why middle seat 8E is a preferred seat attracting a charge for lower status I think, versus identical seats behind and in front of it?

All of row 8 is a preferred row. It use to be row 9 on the 737 but someone must have figured that charging for 9A with no window wasn’t winning any favours. It’s simply sold to make money from PS and NB that want to sit closer to the front for a “faster exit.” A money grab from those who don’t know understand T-80 or check in.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

No, it’s just a row closer to the front that you can pay extra for, if you want to get off the plane quicker.

Might be useful if everything else was full, but in this case, not much point.

 

[SJF211]

I will just note that it’s only recently started showing up as free for platinums (and I assume SG). It use to not display as preferred at all if you were eligible to select it for free.

 

[SYD]

Can anyone hazard a guess at why middle seat 8E is a preferred seat attracting a charge for lower status I think, versus identical seats behind and in front of it?



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No idea, but notice the entire row 8 on a flight next year now showing “preferred”…

I’m assuming it’s some system change in advance of Y+. Maybe row 8 will be as far as some lower status PAX will see?