Reply To: BAEC Silver – seat adjacent kept free?

[AndrewT]

I wouldn’t say there are inconsistencies as such, different people will always see different views of available seats. There are several types of seat block and Expert Flyer only shows blocked or not. CE Row 1 is always blocked before T-72, but available to Gold, bassinet seats are blocked but available to those with an infant on their booking.

After TS kicks in around T-72 there will typically be seats blocked next to status holders which are unavailable to most but still available to those with equal or higher status. Expert Flyer is consistently showing the most restrictive view. In theory it does support the concept of showing ‘Premium’ seats but I rarely see that appearing on BA flights.

There are options to tell it you have status with different airlines and enter FF numbers, but I tried that a couple of times and it made no difference (again with BA, other airlines may be different).