Family of 4 in CW - auto allocated seats
#1
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Family of 4 in CW - auto allocated seats
Hi all
I have successfully redeemed 2x 2-4-1 vouchers for us a family of 4 going to BOM. We are all under 1 PNR
I have no status and we are due to fly in Dec 2017.
At present the Cabin is wide open. I really don't want to pay £64 each for a seat. I understand BA will ensure 1 adult and 1 child are next to each other at the very least.
I guess it depends on the load, but does anyone have any experience of seats assigned by BA in this scenario. No exact answer i knkw, but in peoples experience are we likely to get a row of 4, or could 2 of us be in row 10 and the other 2 in row 15?
Appreciate any thoughts.
I have successfully redeemed 2x 2-4-1 vouchers for us a family of 4 going to BOM. We are all under 1 PNR
I have no status and we are due to fly in Dec 2017.
At present the Cabin is wide open. I really don't want to pay £64 each for a seat. I understand BA will ensure 1 adult and 1 child are next to each other at the very least.
I guess it depends on the load, but does anyone have any experience of seats assigned by BA in this scenario. No exact answer i knkw, but in peoples experience are we likely to get a row of 4, or could 2 of us be in row 10 and the other 2 in row 15?
Appreciate any thoughts.
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Hi all
I have successfully redeemed 2x 2-4-1 vouchers for us a family of 4 going to BOM. We are all under 1 PNR
I have no status and we are due to fly in Dec 2017.
At present the Cabin is wide open. I really don't want to pay £64 each for a seat. I understand BA will ensure 1 adult and 1 child are next to each other at the very least.
I guess it depends on the load, but does anyone have any experience of seats assigned by BA in this scenario. No exact answer i knkw, but in peoples experience are we likely to get a row of 4, or could 2 of us be in row 10 and the other 2 in row 15?
Appreciate any thoughts.
I have successfully redeemed 2x 2-4-1 vouchers for us a family of 4 going to BOM. We are all under 1 PNR
I have no status and we are due to fly in Dec 2017.
At present the Cabin is wide open. I really don't want to pay £64 each for a seat. I understand BA will ensure 1 adult and 1 child are next to each other at the very least.
I guess it depends on the load, but does anyone have any experience of seats assigned by BA in this scenario. No exact answer i knkw, but in peoples experience are we likely to get a row of 4, or could 2 of us be in row 10 and the other 2 in row 15?
Appreciate any thoughts.
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You will be allocated seats from whatevers left around 3 days before departure. Expect two sets of middle seats as a likely option- whether they are near to each other will just depend on what's available - they may be in adjacent rows but maybe not
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You are quite right that it depends on the load. BOM is a good mix of single, couple and family travellers, which would normally help, because it will give a range of seating options. So Theoretical Seating (more information via the Dashboard) will normally keep you together, along with any manual intervention to keep children by an adult. TS would normally seek to give you a block of 4, in one row, in the middle section of the cabin. So unless there was something like the 747 Upper Deck in contention, I would not bother to pay for seating, certainly at this stage and assuming you are all on one booking. If you are fairly flexible about what is acceptable then I'd leave it to TS plus the manual process. If not then consider paying up at T-8 days or T-6 days (Ruby cardholders can select at T-7). It's possible you may get that Ruby status by then anyway.
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Pay to allocate seats for the children?
In this scenario is it possible to pay for two allocated seats for the kids and then assume the parents will be allocated neighboring seats?
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It's possible but depends on loading.
My past experience of family travel (2 adults, 2 kids) was that we sometimes allocated aisle and center seats in two different rows but we have always managed to change this at 7 days prior due to Bronze status (but now we are silver so have the free run of the cabin)
You have to bear in mind that BA consider aisle and center (yin-yang) to be seated together (and not just companion seats in the middle). This is a more effective use of space as it means that more couples can be seated together overall.
My past experience of family travel (2 adults, 2 kids) was that we sometimes allocated aisle and center seats in two different rows but we have always managed to change this at 7 days prior due to Bronze status (but now we are silver so have the free run of the cabin)
You have to bear in mind that BA consider aisle and center (yin-yang) to be seated together (and not just companion seats in the middle). This is a more effective use of space as it means that more couples can be seated together overall.
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...TS would normally seek to give you a block of 4, in one row, in the middle section of the cabin. So unless there was something like the 747 Upper Deck in contention, I would not bother to pay for seating, certainly at this stage and assuming you are all on one booking. If you are fairly flexible about what is acceptable then I'd leave it to TS plus the manual process. If not then consider paying up at T-8 days or T-6 days (Ruby cardholders can select at T-7). It's possible you may get that Ruby status by then anyway.
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Before I had silver status BA always seemed to seat the four of us in the centre four seats in club world. It didn't vary for us. I have a disability so was always able to ring and check with BA which seats had been assigned, and then could have changed them if required.
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To add, I've flown multiple times with my 4 and 1 year old daughters, in CW and CE, and have been allocated seats many rows apart which BA have refused to do anything about it. Has always resulted in cabin crew sorting it, which has annoyed me no end.
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You are quite right that it depends on the load. BOM is a good mix of single, couple and family travellers, which would normally help, because it will give a range of seating options. So Theoretical Seating (more information via the Dashboard) will normally keep you together, along with any manual intervention to keep children by an adult. TS would normally seek to give you a block of 4, in one row, in the middle section of the cabin. So unless there was something like the 747 Upper Deck in contention, I would not bother to pay for seating, certainly at this stage and assuming you are all on one booking. If you are fairly flexible about what is acceptable then I'd leave it to TS plus the manual process. If not then consider paying up at T-8 days or T-6 days (Ruby cardholders can select at T-7). It's possible you may get that Ruby status by then anyway.
do passengers who have paid or their seats then get moved to accommodate at least 1 chlld with 1 adult?
i am flying next month (2 adults and 2 children) all under 1 PNR in CW. current load is below, as its a day flight we'd like to be near each other, ideally i would like one of the middle rows (13 or 14).
would anyone pay 300 GBP to secure seats?
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