Jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3960 times:
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I am flying Qantas in about 3 weeks. I'm trying to get my seat assignments. I am using my AA FF account. I see my seat assignments for my 1st flight which is on AA. Is there anyway I can view my Qantas assignment or no?
Blue
P.S. All I have is an AA record locator
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Onedude From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 214 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3939 times:
If you called QF in the US, and asked them for your Amadeus record locator, you would then be able to view your booking via qantas.com. This will usually show any seat assignment.
Of course, you could just call QF and ask them to pre-seat you anyway? The QF seating system will normally assign random seating suggestion if AA made the booking via Sabre, and as such there are probably better alternatives available.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3910 times:
Quoting Onedude (Reply 1): The QF seating system will normally assign random seating suggestion if AA made the booking via Sabre
No it won't. Not unless a request is made (window/aisle etc), or you have a QF/BA frequent flyer number with an associated profile, with a seat preference recorded.
Jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3905 times:
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Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 2): IM me your flight/date and name and I'll look it up for you. Window or aisle ?
Where can you do that?
Blue
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Jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 3897 times:
This is your People To People trip isn't it? As you're travelling in a group don't be surprised to find that seating on the QANTAS flight is allocated to the group by surname. In other words, you get what you're given. They usually seat groups such as yours together, on board. You can usually negotiate "swapsies" amongst yourselves AFTER take -off.
BNE From Australia, joined Mar 2000, 3156 posts, RR: 13 Reply 8, posted (4 years 11 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 3032 times:
Qantas don't usually allocate seats for domestic flights until 24 hours before the flight(domestic) international flights is usually allocated when you make the booking.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (4 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2745 times:
Quoting BNE (Reply 8): Qantas don't usually allocate seats for domestic flights until 24 hours before the flight(domestic) international flights is usually allocated when you make the booking.
The new check-in system QF have started rolling out (Altea) actually determines a theoretical seat assignment for each passenger even if no seat is actually requested or allocated, so it knows where it wants to sit you based on your customer characteristics (group, family, special assistance, UMNR etc) and value (FF tier) - it recomputes eveyone's theoretical seat and shuffles all non seated passengers around whenever a passenger is assigned a seat, to make sure everyone gets the seat they should. It's pretty clever - it means it's not necessary in pre-flight to assign a seat to everyone, which in the old system made it tricky to move people around when required. This way the system tracks it and makes sure people who need to sit together can do so, etc.
Flyboysp From Australia, joined Apr 2007, 736 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2710 times:
Quoting JGPH1A (Reply 9): The new check-in system QF have started rolling out (Altea) actually determines a theoretical seat assignment for each passenger even if no seat is actually requested or allocated, so it knows where it wants to sit you based on your customer characteristics (group, family, special assistance, UMNR etc) and value (FF tier) - it recomputes eveyone's theoretical seat and shuffles all non seated passengers around whenever a passenger is assigned a seat, to make sure everyone gets the seat they should. It's pretty clever - it means it's not necessary in pre-flight to assign a seat to everyone, which in the old system made it tricky to move people around when required. This way the system tracks it and makes sure people who need to sit together can do so, etc.
How will this effect those who have already pre selected/requested seats ?
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (4 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2703 times:
Quoting Flyboysp (Reply 10): How will this effect those who have already pre selected/requested seats ?
It won't. If you have a confirmed assigned seat, that is your assigned seat. The seat you have requested and been assigned was authorised by QF's seating rules in the inventory system, and the DCS system uses exactly the same rules to work out theoretical seating too. A seat once assigned, will not be reassigned automatically by the system except if there is an aircraft or configuration change and the same seat for whatever reason is no longer available to you. Seats can be reassigned by a human in case of operational need as well, which is why no seat assignment is ever 100% guaranteed.
Jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (4 years 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2592 times:
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Quoting FlashFlyGuy (Reply 7): This is your People To People trip isn't it?
Yes it is. I wanted to just see if I could see where I am sitting. Doesn't really matter where but I just wanted to see if I got an isle or if I am stuck in the middle.
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