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Just curious….
I recently flew with a friend in Club Europe.
We each booked our own ticket and he has silver (I’m blue) so he took 1A when he booked.
I chose my seat at the time of check in and we were looking to sit next to each other. On his app, it showed 3 seats (seat next to him, plus two others) as free, yet in mine they were shown as reserved. Is this a BA app glitch or are different seats available based on status?These were both cash fares and this was 24hrs before flying (so check in open to all).
As it happened when we got on board I asked and the seat next to him was free!
The seat next to him is being blocked by the system to keep it free from lowly Rust & Blue status passengers. It’s called theoretical seating.
Essentially Gold (& silver if possible) will have the adjacent seat kept empty until passenger loads require them to be used. A Gold could sit themselves next to another Gold though.
Row 1 is also held back for Gold passengers.
The solution in your case is for you to pick an empty pair first & then your companion moves next to you which will nullify the block.
Ah wondered if it was a status thing! Thanks
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