(About seats) How to get a seat in exit row and get free upgrade at check-in?

As title,
I have checked www.seatguru.com already, but still wanna to know:

Especially for CX,
Are 30 D and G; 54 A, C, H, K good seats on A340-600 or not?
As I have booked Cathay 254 for LHR->HKG this summer~

Which seats are recommend on VS (A346)?

P.S.: Wanna to know good seats for B744 in BA, QF, NZ as well...

How can we can get free upgrade at check in for BA, CX, NZ, QF and VS?
How are their priority to get upgrade of seats~~

Many thx!

[ 本帖最後由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-21 03:33 編輯 ]

CX?? 唔駛諗喇, 佢會先俾Marco Polo既鑽石卡，之後到金卡，最後到銀卡會員

最好check-in前睇吓班機full未，好似我咁每次所有class都full晒，唔通想upgrade去 jump seat?

遇著d衰既, 佢會叫你俾錢去upgrade (鬼唔知阿媽係女人)，LHR有幾個對D客好差架。

CX254我reserve左 54A，唔知好唔好架, 都係第一次搭346

原帖由 norrislaw 於 2006-5-20 20:50 發表
CX?? 唔駛諗喇, 佢會先俾Marco Polo既鑽石卡，之後到金卡，最後到銀卡會員

最好check-in前睇吓班機full未，好似我咁每次所有class都full晒，唔通想upgrade去 jump seat?

遇著d衰既, 佢會叫你俾錢去upgrade (鬼唔知阿媽係女人)，LHR有幾個對D客好差架。

CX254我reserve左 54A，唔知好唔好架, 都係第一次搭346

Thx, if J and C class were not fulled yet, how can I request for a free upgrade?

e...?
What method did u request for an exit row? Did u take exit row b4?
And which day are u going to take 254?

I have reserved one day's CX254 for 54H seat, an exit row aisle seat... haha~~^^
But my method was by asking CX staff via Marco Polo Hotline on phone... =.=""

P.S.: u r silver card member?

[ 本帖最後由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-20 22:27 編輯 ]

Even the flight is not full, they may not alow you to have free upgrade (you are not suppose to la!)
It all depends on the staff in LHR, in my experience female English staff are more friendly than male staff...

I am a Marco Polo Silver member, we have 1st choice to choose the exit row (i.e. row 44 on B747-400)

I will travel CX254 on 7th June.

如果果日的航班爆到七彩,而你又肯讓位坐遲D的航班,好多時你都會獲得 Free Upgrade 同埋錢

原帖由 norrislaw 於 2006-5-21 07:12 發表
Even the flight is not full, they may not alow you to have free upgrade (you are not suppose to la!)
It all depends on the staff in LHR, in my experience female English staff are more friendly than male staff...

I am a Marco Polo Silver member, we have 1st choice to choose the exit row (i.e. row 44 on B747-400)

I will travel CX254 on 7th June.

Oic, thx very much~

If we are silver member,
so just request by making phone call to The Marco Polo Club hotline to reserve exit row?
Did u take exit row before (CX)?

And I would like to ask, did you take other airlines' exit row before?

Normally, VS is quite hard to get a FREE exit row seat,
as their policy is when the passenger request for an exit row seat,
they have to pay GBP 50 (~around HKD$725) in any single direction for LHR<->HKG~

For other airlines policies,
they have stated that, passenger who request for a seat in exit row must be over 18 years old.

thx so much~!

P.S.: You are Uni student or Sixth form student at the moment?
Because I found that your return flight is quite early in comparing of us,
I am U6th, and have got loads of GCE-ALE modules until late JUNE...>.<""

[ 本帖最後由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-21 20:06 編輯 ]

原帖由 yuenpo 於 2006-5-21 11:11 發表
如果果日的航班爆到七彩,而你又肯讓位坐遲D的航班,好多時你都會獲得 Free Upgrade 同埋錢

Which airlines did u mean?

I had got a case in Virgin before,
the flight was LHR<->HKG in both bounds,
as I didn't make a online check-in,
they had recommended me to stay in a hotel near LHR (arranged by VS of course)
and take the next day flight, which is totally 24 hours later,
they have guarranteed you will have an ECONOMY (just!?!) seat at the next day flight,
besides, they will provide a FREE return flight in any Virgin Atlantic network within a year time...

I refused to do so, and I was in risky at that time (last OCT half term)~~

In my opinion, it is far more easy to get FREE upgrade, or else a FREE return flight,
if you do not make a online check-in in the airline website.
Normally, it is quite difficult to get a checked-in passenger to upgrade to J-class and C-class from Y- ~
As they have to reset your check-in procedure for others,
in order to let the seat from "occupied" status become "vacancy" status~~

[ 本帖最後由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-6-29 11:10 編輯 ]

原帖由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-21 16:31 發表


Which airlines did u mean?

I had got a case in Virgin before,
the flight was LHR<->HKG in both bounds,
as I didn't make a online check-in,
they had recommended me to stay in a hotel ...

Last time when I flown with VS, they ask me to fly next day due to overbooked... And I said I live rather far from the airport so they provide me a hotel room and use the hotel facilities and meal for free... A free return ticket valid within 1 year in VS network...
But as the next day was overbooked and no passenger pull out so they upgraded me too...

原帖由 wally 於 2006-5-21 20:59 發表


Last time when I flown with VS, they ask me to fly next day due to overbooked... And I said I live rather far from the airport so they provide me a hotel room and use the hotel facilities and m ...

Oh...what a cool thing that they have provided for you...!!^^
Which hotel was it? Did VS provide transport for you to get to/from the hotel?
And which class did they upgrade for you, Premium Economy or Upper class?

[ 本帖最後由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-21 21:24 編輯 ]

原帖由 Ken_Dy 於 2006-5-21 21:18 發表


Oh...what a cool thing that they have provided for you...!!^^
Which hotel was it? Did VS provide transport for you to get to/from the hotel?
And which class did they upgrade for you, Premium  ...

They sent me to Sheraton Skyline Hotel near Heathrow with transport provided...
Then the next day I was being upgraded to Premium Economy...