EVA Air Online Check In Requires Visa, so cannot Select Seat ???

[jaizan]

I'm going on a long trip to Thailand, over 100 days, with a little side trip to another country.    I don't need a visa, as I have flights to another country booked with a different airline, just before my 60 days are up.

 

However, EVA are requiring me to supply visa details in order to permit the online check in.     I have no visa.

 

However, I'm quite keen to get an aisle seat !

 

Do I:

1  Phone EVA during office hours to see if they can sort this out ?

2  Pay the £46 or so to reserve an aisle seat ?

3  Check in early, at the airport & hope I get an aisle seat ?     When I did this a few years ago, it wasn't successful, as I think too many people had checked in online.  This might be a matter of considering how many other people are defeated by the 2024 online check in process.     I guess most will not require visas & therefore should have no problem checking in. 

4 Check in online with an old visa number, then sort it out at the airport, having already bagged my seat ?

 

Or ??

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by jaizan

[Denim]

Pay the 46 pounds.

 

Eva Air flights are often full these days since BA no longer fly direct to Bangkok. When I flew last year all seats were taken. I stumped up the cash to reserve a seat just to avoid the possibility of not getting a seat at all. No point spoiling your holiday by risking getting sandwiched  between two large people.

 

If I were rich the one thing I would spend my money on every time is getting out of economy class. When you are young and strong you can take the pain of a bad seat but when you get older it is just not worth the money saved.

 

As for Eva Air , because of the overcrowding not as good as they used to be but if you want a direct flight the only other option is Thai or maybe soon BA to Gatwick. For my next trip I am considering giving up direct flights and maybe go via Singapore or the middle east.

[AlwaysThere]

3 hours ago, jaizan said:

I'm going on a long trip to Thailand, over 100 days, with a little side trip to another country.    I don't need a visa, as I have flights to another country booked with a different airline, just before my 60 days are up.

 

However, EVA are requiring me to supply visa details in order to permit the online check in.     I have no visa.

 

However, I'm quite keen to get an aisle seat !

 

Do I:

1  Phone EVA during office hours to see if they can sort this out ?

2  Pay the £46 or so to reserve an aisle seat ?

3  Check in early, at the airport & hope I get an aisle seat ?     When I did this a few years ago, it wasn't successful, as I think too many people had checked in online.  This might be a matter of considering how many other people are defeated by the 2024 online check in process.     I guess most will not require visas & therefore should have no problem checking in. 

4 Check in online with an old visa number, then sort it out at the airport, having already bagged my seat ?

 

Or ??

 

 

 

Just make them up. Do you think they verify them instantly?

[Keeps]

7 hours ago, jaizan said:

I'm going on a long trip to Thailand, over 100 days, with a little side trip to another country.    I don't need a visa, as I have flights to another country booked with a different airline, just before my 60 days are up.

 

However, EVA are requiring me to supply visa details in order to permit the online check in.     I have no visa.

 

However, I'm quite keen to get an aisle seat !

 

Do I:

1  Phone EVA during office hours to see if they can sort this out ?

2  Pay the £46 or so to reserve an aisle seat ?

3  Check in early, at the airport & hope I get an aisle seat ?     When I did this a few years ago, it wasn't successful, as I think too many people had checked in online.  This might be a matter of considering how many other people are defeated by the 2024 online check in process.     I guess most will not require visas & therefore should have no problem checking in. 

4 Check in online with an old visa number, then sort it out at the airport, having already bagged my seat ?

 

Or ??

 

 

You need to be Silver or above membership status to get free seat selection on EVA flights. Otherwise, I don't think you have any option other than to pay the fee or hope for the best at check-in.

 

I would sign up to the membership program before your flight even if you do not plan on using EVA again in the future. I assume you booked directly with EVA online or using the APP? If you sign up prior to the flight your upcoming journey should be linked to your profile. It won't mean much at this stage but you MAY get a sympathetic response when checking in if they see that you are a member.

 

I actually got a free upgrade flying from LHR to BKK last month. The flight was full and I was a lone traveller with EVA Gold card. Doesn't happen often at all these days but was a welcome surprise.

 

Tier membership details on link below:-

 

https://www.evaair.com/en-gb/infinity-mileagelands/about-infinity-mileagelands/tiers-and-privileges/membership-benefit/

Edited 2 hours ago by Keeps
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[expat_4_life]

5 hours ago, Denim said:

Eva Air flights are often full these days since BA no longer fly direct to Bangkok.

Just an FYI, BA resumed direct flights to Bangkok late October, albeit from Gatwick.  Initially 3 flights per week.

[SunsetT]

September 23 I flew with Eva to BKK and was unable to reserve a seat at online check in within 24 hours of flight time, and no aisle seats available at airport check-in so I was stuck with the online check in seat that I was allocated. On the return flight I managed to secure an aisle seat for free when selecting within 48 hours of the flight time which is when online check-in is available I believe. So I concluded that I left it too late on the outbound flight.

[chilly07]

Don't  bother! 

Eva Air turfed me out of my on line reserved aisle seat when I boarded in favour of a supposedly sick passenger who hadn't bothered to pre-book theirs. Won't be travelling Eva Air again!