Diplomatico Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 "..... it has just been announced that Emirates will begin charging for seat assignments on many economy fares as of October 3, 2016. The new charge will apply for Economy Special and Economy Saver fares, though it won’t apply for Economy Flex, Economy Flex Plus, Business Class, and First Class fares." Cost depends upon how long the sector is and: "So for a roundtrip you’re looking at anywhere between 30USD and 80USD, or for a trip with a connection in each direction, you’re looking at 60USD to 160USD. That’s not an insignificant amount, especially when you consider that you’re not even getting a better seat than you’d otherwise have access to, but rather just have first dibs at reserving one." http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/09/16/emirates-seat-assignment-charge/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Greedy buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Qantas have been doing it for years. Any International leg is about $25, so for a multiple leg flight, it gets quite expensive. BA also do it, and more expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I would imagine that pax can still select a seat during online check-in which is usually 48 hrs prior to departure. Most people I know use that option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Xircal said: I would imagine that pax can still select a seat during online check-in which is usually 48 hrs prior to departure. Most people I know use that option. All the good seats on emirates are long gone 48 hours before most of their flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB300 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Qantas have been doing it for years. Any International leg is about $25, so for a multiple leg flight, it gets quite expensive. BA also do it, and more expensiveIIRC, BA charged me £90 x 2 pax each way (total £360) when I booked my parents seats Manchester to Las Vegas (mum frets about these things so have to book seats with the tickets) which p1ssed me off no end as I was already paying for Premium Economy!Worked out well though, they got bumped to business class on the way out (should have tried to get the seat reservation fee back!)Seem to remember also paying s$90 to book an exit row seat on Singapore Air (think it was Dubai to Singapore), which I didn't end up using as there was a row of 4 empty seats behind me so went to sleep on those (wasn't happy when I woke up & some guy was in my reserved seat, should have asked him for my money back!)Greedy Buggers the lot of them, but I still pay for the extra legroom (today it's s$30 extra on Jetstar Sin-BKK) as my comfort is worth a few quid to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy1966 Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Quote 5 hours ago, JaiLai said: All the good seats on emirates are long gone 48 hours before most of their flights. True, but that is highly likely to change now that people will have to pay for them. You might have to be a bit nimble at the 48 hour mark but I suspect that availability will be at least reasonable on most flights once the new rules come into play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xircal Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 15 hours ago, JaiLai said: All the good seats on emirates are long gone 48 hours before most of their flights. I've flown Emirates many times and have always found plenty of seats available on their A380. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I have flown Emirates several times. their fares are good value considering that they do fly to airports considered by other carriers to be out of the way. I have always checked in on line as soon as the check in is open, BUT on opening the check in I find that 2/3 of the seeats are already spoken for. WHY ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogandave Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I always book my seat when I make the reservation, and I'm guessing most people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 9 hours ago, Maybole said: I have flown Emirates several times. their fares are good value considering that they do fly to airports considered by other carriers to be out of the way. I have always checked in on line as soon as the check in is open, BUT on opening the check in I find that 2/3 of the seeats are already spoken for. WHY ? Multiple seats always blocked off. Same Oman, Qatar, Etihad everytime. Some wont be blocked and already allocated to people booking on airlines own website and selecting seats same time Recently on Qatar upstairs economy completely blocked off only available at check in on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luap Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) just checked Emirates, flight Sydney to BBK, Nov 16 to Dec 16 for a friend quote "As soon as you’ve booked your flight, you can choose your seats online for all flights operated by Emirates at no extra charge. Whether you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat, or if you’re travelling in a group and would like to sit together, you can select your seat in Manage a booking, or at check-in." Edited September 18, 2016 by luap additional info not required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bung Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 That's a shame as it was one of the things that drew me to default to emirates when looking at flights. I like to secure a window seat so not to be disturbed on very long haul flights (chiang mai-Caribbean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luap Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Additional info SYD - BKK was economy saver BKK - SYD was economy flexi usually these flights use 777 now Airbus A380 - 800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diplomatico Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 5 hours ago, luap said: just checked Emirates, flight Sydney to BBK, Nov 16 to Dec 16 for a friend quote "As soon as you’ve booked your flight, you can choose your seats online for all flights operated by Emirates at no extra charge. Whether you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat, or if you’re travelling in a group and would like to sit together, you can select your seat in Manage a booking, or at check-in." The charges for the seat assignments begin on 3 October. If you book prior to that, no charge - which is why you saw that message when looking for flights now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luap Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 okie dokie that makes sense ... cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGImInPattaya Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 This new charge only applies to economy class tickets in the cheapest fare buckets. If you buy refundable tickets, you can still select a seat at booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 On 9/17/2016 at 2:53 AM, JaiLai said: All the good seats on emirates are long gone 48 hours before most of their flights. Also when people have to pay an extra 25-40 US$ for that? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 5 hours ago, stevenl said: Also when people have to pay an extra 25-40 US$ for that? I doubt it. Yeah, i also doubt it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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