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Our seating policy

 

 

 

We offer more control to the following customers

Free at the
time of booking

First passengers and 

Gold Executive Club member. First passengers, Gold Executive Club members, oneworld® equivalents
and other
passengers on the same booking
Silver Executive Club 

member. Silver
Executive Club members, oneworld® equivalents
and other
passengers on the same booking*
Flexible ticket 

holders. Customers holding fully flexible tickets booked in J/C/W/Y booking classes*
Customers travelling with infants Travelling with infants
Customers with additional needs. Customers with additional needs
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You can choose your seat at the time of booking and change it at any time until you have checked in.

*Customers can choose a seat for free at time of booking, except exit row seats in World Traveller and World Traveller Plus which can be purchased from 10 to 4 days prior to their flight as below.

Choose your seat through Manage My Booking
 

 

 

We offer a paid option to many of our other customers

Purchase at the
time of booking

Family at home.
 

You can choose to pay for a pre-assigned seat at the time of booking until 24 hours before departure, by taking advantage of our paid seating option.

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Please note, some customers are not eligible to choose seats in advance:
  • Children travelling alone (Skyflyers Solo)
  • All unticketed passengers, e.g. those travelling on a cruise or packaged holiday who have not yet received confirmation of their ticket numbers from their Agent.
  • Customers travelling as part of an allocation or specialised group
  • Customers travelling on flights operated by BA Cityflyer, or those operated by any British Airways franchisee or alliance airline, or any flight operated by a codeshare partner

 

 

 

We offer more choice to the following customers

Purchase 10 days
before departure

World Traveller and World Traveller Plus cabins.

  Customers travelling in World Traveller or World Traveller Plus
 

You will be able to choose and pay for an exit row seat from 10 days to 4 days before departure, subject to availability.

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Please note, some customers are not eligible to choose seats in advance, as listed above.

 

 

 

We offer more help to the following customers

Free 3 days
before departure

Customers

travelling with children aged 2-11 years. Passengers travelling with children aged 2-11 years (if not taken advantage of paid seating option)
Skyflyers - unaccompanied children. Skyflyers solo (children travelling alone) - seat change restrictions apply
Specialised groups. Specialised groups - seat change restrictions apply
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You will be allocated seats approximately 3 days before flight departure. Seats can be changed at the time of check-in.

 

 

 

We offer everybody more choice

Free at check-in
(from 24 hours
before departure)

Family around laptop.
 

If you have not already pre-assigned your seat at the time of check-in, all remaining seats in your travel class will be available for you to choose from, free of charge. The earlier you check-in, the greater the choice of seats you will have.

Check in online through Manage My Booking



Please note that we are unable to guarantee any particular seat as we may have to move you for operational, security or safety reasons.