Reward economy classic – no free seat allocation when booking

[chrishond]

Have the rules recently changes? I’ve booked multiple reward flights in economy classic. For first time, no free seat allocation was offered?

[mrcrsearle]

https://help.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/seating.html

[mrcrsearle]

Unfortunately not, same as BA. Can pick a seat for a fee unless premium or UC.

[Skgwho]

That is correct. They changed it recently. Annoying, I know. Can’t do anything about it.

But they still allow you to select assistance for disabled passengers and then enable free seat selection! Which was a nice touch.

[Skgwho]

mrcrsearle wrote:

Unfortunately not, same as BA. Can pick a seat for a fee unless premium or UC.

Premium seat selection is also now payable for miles bookings.