What happened to seats opening at t-80

[serfty]

Really shouldn't talk about this glitch in the wild.

But I suspect they might have employed a FFlyer who is slowly fixing these sorts of things.

As far as I can tell, there was nothing to fix.

As a WP I've nearly always have had the choice of to moving forward a row or two between T-80 and when OLCI opens; if that's changed, then so be it.

 

[medhead]

As far as I can tell, there's nothing to fix.

As a WP I've nearly always have had the choice of to moving forward a row or two between T-80 and when OLCI opens.

The previously described glitch is what I was suggesting has been fixed. A glitch that happens/ed at a specific time point, not in general between T-80 and OLCI.

 

[serfty]

The previously described glitch is what I was suggesting has been fixed. A glitch that happens/ed at a specific time point, not in general between T-80 and OLCI.

Yep - I was indicating that as a WP I did not need to revert to any sort of 'glitch'.

It is likly because my domestic travel is rarely during peak periods so I mainly avoid the competition for seats on elite heavy flights.

 

[medhead]

Yep - I was indicating that as a WP I did not need to revert to any sort of 'glitch'.

It is likly because my domestic travel is rarely ray during peak periods so I mainly avoid the competition for seats on elite heavy flights.

That's also a bit of a strange recent change. My recent peak period morning flight has not had the expected level of seat competition. I've missed T-80 a couple of times, but still been able to score 4D.

 

[Anna]

I've missed T-80 a couple of times, but still been able to score 4D.

They've been saving it for you because TKWYA

 

[medhead]

They've been saving it for you because TKWYA

The normal person must be on leave, had to settle for 4C tomorrow night.

 

[RickyT84]

I have done a SYD-MEL-SYD over the weekend and had slightly different experiences for the two flights.

The first flight was an (off-peak) evening departure from SYD on Friday and all seats opened up at T-80. I was able to select 4F (annoying 4D and 4E were occupied whilst 5B/E, 6B/E were not).

The second flight was an evening departure from MEL on Sunday and row 27 was the best I can get at T-80. More seats opened up between T-80 and when OLCI opened and I managed to get 23A on the A332.

 

[medhead]

The first flight was an (off-peak) evening departure from SYD on Friday and all seats opened up at T-80. I was able to select 4F (annoying 4D and 4E were occupied whilst 5B/E, 6B/E were not).

This fits right in with a Princess Fiona comment that I read around here somewhere. Well perhaps a recent experience I had, where I missed T-80, and ended up in 4F instead of 4D. It wasn't FroggerADL in 4D, so this was fairly unacceptable but a shadow would have made it fine. I randomly checked the seating later, for some unknown reason, to see that someone was in 4E yet 6DEF were completely empty. I seriously do not know what kind of brain malfunction someone has to have to take 4E over 6D or F. Sure I could've moved back to row 6 but first in, last out.

Lo and behold 6E was empty on the flight

 

[MelUser]

On my last flight to Sydney I was sitting next to a fellow Platinum and we were at the back of the aircraft.

An aircraft change meant that no longer was 24 the first or second row but the second last (or so row) - we both laughed about it most of the way!

 

[JohnK]

No issues again moving to 4D on Friday evenings flight BNE-SYD and Sunday evenings flight SYD-BNE.

 

[ChasingDaylight]

On a similar note, is there a set T-X where otherwise blocked (non-shadow) seats on an international flight open up? (And again with the questions) does it go to airport control at some point?

 

[pshepvic]

I think (but not totally sure) that there is no such thing for international. As soon as I book I have access to all available seats as a WP. This includes front rows which domestically are reserved for WP1 and CL until T-80. Also of course includes emerald city in A380 J.

 

[PineappleSkip]

I've had the impression that the fare and the status can impact what becomes available at T-80. 737 Row 4 opened up for SG Mrs Pineapple a week, and two weeks, ago. Never happened for her on an e-deal. Think it may have been because it was dom sector in Y+

Cheers skip.

 

[serfty]

exactly ... that's what notional seating and PCV is all about ...

 

[Flying mermaid]

Dr FM is currently silver and at T-80 on Friday I was able to move her to an exit row for a MEL SYD flight. Prior to that row 19 was the furthest forward I could select for her. No idea what else was available as she likes exit rows, so I didn't take any notice.

 

[hanger.on]

As a PS I was able to select front rows in Y on both international and domestic at T-80 for this Sunday night/peak Monday morning. Before then was limited to row 28 and back on international A333 and row 18 and back on domestic B737. Seems that T-80 opening of seats is working fine.

 

[pythonisman]

I've been trying to understand this T-80 thing, what it actually means on QF domestic. (I've never flown QF domestic with status, currently a WP)
Flying SYD-BNE Friday night, I was planning on logging in to manage my booking at T-80 in the hope of securing an Aisle or window seat in row 4 (I always fly row 3 on VA if available).
Is this the right thing to do?

At the moment I don't think I've got a seat booked- my profile says I prefer an aisle seat (correct), but I didn't want to assign one if it stopped me getting row 4 (or 5).
Expertflyer shows rows 4 and 5 are blocked, and currently 6 A/C/D and 7C are occupied, a couple of people are in the overwing exit rows, and the rest of the allocations start from row 17.

Appreciate any insight for a QF status noobie

 

[opusman]

As a WP if you go into MMB after T-80 and change your seats, you should be able to pick from any available seat on the plane, including row 4. But you can change your seat selection as often as you like so there's no reason not to pick a seat in the meantime - it's better to do that since there's no absolute guarantee row 4 will be free at T-80 (since WP1s can select row 4 as soon as they book). On a 737 I normally select row 6 when booking and then move to row 4 at T-80.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I've been trying to understand this T-80 thing, what it actually means on QF domestic. (I've never flown QF domestic with status, currently a WP)
Flying SYD-BNE Friday night, I was planning on logging in to manage my booking at T-80 in the hope of securing an Aisle or window seat in row 4 (I always fly row 3 on VA if available).
Is this the right thing to do?

At the moment I don't think I've got a seat booked- my profile says I prefer an aisle seat (correct), but I didn't want to assign one if it stopped me getting row 4 (or 5).

Expertflyer shows rows 4 and 5 are blocked, and currently 6 A/C/D and 7C are occupied, a couple of people are in the overwing exit rows, and the rest of the allocations start from row 17.

Appreciate any insight for a QF status noobie

Always allocate a seat at the time of booking or at the earliest opportinity if someone else does your booking. You can always move your seat to row 4 or 5 closer to your departure date.

Go to the QF homepage and where is says "manage my booking" enter your (Amadeus) QF booking reference and surname.

Once in the booking add your freq flyer number first then allocate your seat next. That way you will see the seats available for selection according to your tier status.

Having an aisle seat request in your profile means that at the very moment you check in the system will look for an aisle seat but if there's only 16E, 27B or 29E available an aisle request won't help you.

In a perfect world theoretical seating will earmark a seat for you however airports fall into the real world where people are disrupted from other flights so when they're transferred to your flight it can interfere with notional seating ie a WP could end up in a middle seat if they haven't pre-allocated their preferred seat ahead of time.

Generally T-80 is the time names move across into the Altea checkin system from reservations and airport staff can then do the flight editing (pre-seat groups etc) before OLCI opens T-24 or from further afield eg pax through checked from LHR or JFK.

 

[pythonisman]

Cheers @opusman, @ozbeachbabe- I've allocated seats in row 7/6 now, and have reminders set at T-80 in my calendar.
If I'm free when they go off, I'll go back in and see if I can get anything better. It'll be better than all the other QF domestic flying I've done which is usually (like you say) a choice of 23B or 18E.
I'm just not used to the QF way of doing things (in domestic Y...)