Can I see which seats are available on a British Airways flight before I book?

Can I see which seats are available on a British Airways flight before I book?

3/2/2016 10:39:30 PM

No, if you’re looking for Premium Economy. Yes for Economy and Business Class. Do not log in and select Flexible Ticket (not Lowest Price). Select flights and click continue without logging in. Enter your name, date of birth etc. (real or fake) and you are allowed to see available seats prior to purchasing an Economy or Business ticket. Oddly, however, you cannot see available seats when you choose Premium Economy, even if you are booking a Flexible Ticket.

2/6/2016 5:24:14 AM

Yo do not need to have club status to check seat availability on BA. Just fill in the first screen with passenger info (real or fake info is OK). When you get to the next page, you will see a RED button that reads “Reserve seats now”. Click on it and it will let you see what is available. I hope this is useful.

2/1/2015 3:27:19 PM

Yes, but it’s a bit fiddly.

If, when you are booking, you are either logged in with a BAEC Silver or Gold membership active (BAEC silver and gold get seat selection for free at the time of booking), or you are doing a (not logged in) search for a fully flexible ticket (full fare tickets get free seat selection at the time of booking), then almost at the end of the booking process before entering your credit card details, it lets you pick a seat:

BA seat picker

At that point, bring up the seat selection tool, and see how many seats are free on that flight. If not enough, go back and pick a different flight. If so, go back and pick the fare class you really wanted to book on. Expect to take a minute or two per flight you check, by the time you get to that bit of the booking!

Remember that this will only show if you’re doing a search when logged in as a BAEC Silver or Gold (other BAEC tiers or other OneWorld status won’t work during the booking process), or when doing a fully-flexible search when not logged in.

Otherwise, some travel agents can look it up, and they can also look up how busy the flight is in a general sense (how many tickets for sale in each cabin in each fare class). If you care, it might be easier to get a good travel agent, ring them up, have them look at the loadings then book you onto the flight with the loading / seats you’re after.

1/23/2015 11:19:25 AM

Yes. BA offer the option for you to pick which seat you can allocate yourself and/or party.

However from experience I do not believe you can do this prior to booking your flight. For BA this is only available after you have purchased your tickets.

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