Good News - Check those Song seats

[Momof2]

Just for fun I decided to check my flights/seats one last time for the night. As I posted in other threads, when Delta changed us to Song, we lost our seats and ended up at the back of the plane. For some reason, seats at the front of the plane are available tonight. On our flight down, we are 2 rows apart, but we're back up to rows 4 & 6. Flight home we're rows 3 & 4. I really didn't expect any changes so this is a very nice surprise. Good luck to the rest of you!

 

[goofy4tink]

Me too. I checked this morning and lo and behold there were seats open! I started out in row 3 to begin with with Delta, Song came along and we got moved back to row30. The next day it said we were in row 15. That was on Sunday. Now, I called them directly and we are in row 6 going down and row 4 coming home. Very, very nice rep that I spoke to. We are quite happy with Song at this point too.

 

[beattyfamily]

Same for me as well. I had already called and got seats the other day, but the flight home was row 23. I went in this morning (after reading this thread) and now some rows up front were available so I changed my rows to row 2!! I hope that's a good decision.

When I called the other day, she said she thought Song would board front to back, unlike Delta Express who boards back to front...we'll see!

 

[seashoreCM]

When I first saw the seat maps for flights just changed from Delta Exprerss to Song, the "taken" seats were evenly filled in starting at the front.

This looks like it was done automatically when the seat layout changed, and everyone got re-assigned randomly.

I am guessing that some people called earlier and asked for seats further back, freeing up seats in front.

I heard somewhere that Song plans to board planes from a center door, around row 11, so those in rows 1-8 can board earlier.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/flysong.htm

 

[Jillpie]

Just a curious question. I am reading so many posts that people want the front rows really badly. I have flown several times now. Why is that important to you? Just curious. To me, its just important that I'm not over the wing. Gotta love that view. It seems to me when we get off the plane, its just a matter of minutes that the entire plane is empty. So why the front of the plane? thanks.

 

[goofy4tink]

Jillpie, I don't have a problem as to when I get on. My problem is I get really nudgey sitting in the back and looking at all the heads in front of me. Yes, I know...it's not rational. I just can't help it. If I sit from row 10 or closer, it doesn't seem to bother me nearly as much. So when they put me in row 30, I got green about the gills so to speak. But now I'm in row 6, so it should be okay.

 

[Jillpie]

Gotcha, thanks. Anyone else?

 

[Momof2]

Just a personal preference I guess. Like you, I don't like being over the wing. I kind of like being last to board and more importantly, first off - the way most flights we've been on do it. Nothing more to it than that.

 

[beattyfamily]

For me, it's that we don't want to lug a car seat too far. It's always a big production when we enter the plane with our two girls and all our carry-ons and then the car seat! My husband likes to be the last ones on for some reason (he's like "what's the rush?" so I feel like everyone is staring at us and that we're bumping everyone's head with our stuff even though I try hard not to!!

That's my reason for preferring to be in the front; not too far from the door....having said that, we've always been kind of in the middle/back and been the last on and hated every minute of it so I'm hoping being in row 2 will not be too bad even if we are the last ones on.

 

[Jillpie]

aahh...interesting responses. Now that you mentioned it, it is kind of a pain to have to rush to get everything you have into the storage bin over the seats and hurry to sit down. My priority is still no seat over the wing though. Thanks!

 

[CamColt]

Jillpie, on our last flight, it was just DH and I and we picked the very last row. I loved it because there were only 2 seats on our side so we had a little extra space, a window and an aisle seat. Perfect! Plus, from the paranoid side of me, I have heard you have a better chance of survival sittinign the back of a plane than in the front in the event of a crash.
However, we just booked on Song and picked row 2... c, d, e, f on the 1 flight that we could. Why? Because there looks to be no seats infront of that row(seats def) and to me, thats one less thing to worry about...my kids kicking the people in front of us.

 

[jennybobenny]

I've always felt the closer to the front we sit, the quieter it is© Can't stand that constant buzzing sound from the engines© Of course, it could all be in my head©©© :¤
I also don't mind not having to wait in the 'line' to get off the plane - although we end up having to wait to get our luggage so it's certainly not a time issue©

 

[Aisling]

I strongly try to avoid sitting in the back of the plane because I feel claustrophobic looking down a long tube. Also, the sensations are different up front, not as much drag feeling. I think for a nervous flyer like me, the front makes me feel calmer. But CamColt, the way you describes sitting in the very last row sounds cozy!

 

[seashoreCM]

>>> kind of a pain to have to rush ...

Instead, do things enjoyably and without working up a sweat that will be uncomfortable sitting in a few minutes later. And being careful not to bump into people is more important than moving fast.

It will take awhile for a trend to sink in but in the long run, if certain classes of people (such as with child seats) take longer to board, then the airline will let them preboard.

 

[goofy4tink]

I do have to say that the best seats I've ever had were the bulkhead seats right up front. My mom had just had cancer surgery the week before we flew to WDW. So we weren't really sure how she would feel with all the walking in the terminal. Doctor suggested we reserve a wheelchair for her. Well, long story short, they messed up our seats. My mom was supposed to be sitting with my then almost 6 y/o dd and they couldn't find me my seat!! When they finally did put me somewhere it was about 15 rows behind my dd. They were sitting in that front bulkhead area since my mom might have had to use a wheelchair and they needed someplace to put it! But, thank heaven she didn't and she insisted that I sit there with dd. The leg-room was heavenly and no one in front of me.

 

[Trekker]

I think my wanting the seat close to the front comes from two things. First I think it is quieter, and two it stems to the days when the back of the plane was for smokers....

 

[Tess]

When you're traveling with a white-knuckle flyer, front of the plane is better. In his view it's quieter and he doesn't hear all the plane movement noise (flaps in out, raising/lowering, etc.), He (and the rest of us) also want off the plane as quickly as possible!

He prefers an aisle seat while the two kids want windows. When we have the 2-3-2 or 2-5-2 configuration on planes, we are all in heaven! We choose two aisles with seats A&B, very close to the front. This is exactly what we did this time around (except we actually have my nephew too, so my husband was across the aisle from us--which was fine with him! We all had our lovely windows for looking out, he was away from the plane noise and had his aisle seat--there would be no one crawling over any of us!

Delta (not Song), in it's wisdom took a nearly full plane and we are now crammed on a 3-3 configuration where economy starts at row 18 rather than 10. If that's not bad enough, the computer moved us the number of rows back that our original flight held 3 seats in (13) and we got row 31--right at the back of the wings! Since there are only 43 rows, well--you can do the math--we're very inconveniently placed for all of our idea of a nice flight. We've spoken to Delta and their reps tell us they can't change the seat assignments made by the computer. Further, I can't change them in my itinerary because there are no seats! I didn't get these seats on "sale" either.

I don't think I've ever been on a plane that had 17 rows of first class??? Can someone enlighten me on that--is it truly first class or just a section of first class and "business" class they haven't opened up?

 

[dvc guy]

Tess The plane does not have 17 rows of first class. Go to the DELTA web site and look up the plane seat map, it will give you a better understanding of how the rows work.
If you are booked an a 757, first class has six rows and coach starts at row 18, it just a numbering thing.
BTW many people say that over the wing is the best spot for a smooth ride.

 

[Tess]

I checked the site earlier today and, you are correct--first class has about 7 rows making this plane quite a bit smaller than the original 767. What I'm not understanding is how all of the booked seats are going to be accommodated since the 767 was nearly full AND they are still offering this flight as available even though the seat map shows all seats full (except 1st class). When I do a flight search, it doesn't simply offer first class seating; rather it's showing economy available. My guess is, this particular flight is either oversold OR there was a block held by someone on the original flight that didn't sell. . .

I don't have a problem with the wing (except you can't see out very well), but my husband is just not happy there because of the noise. The kids aren't happy because they have no "view". Who knows, that could be moot if it's a cloudy day!

Thanks for the input though!

 

[goofy4tink]

We originally booked in late Sept for our Aug trip. Got row 3 seats. WHen the change over to Song happened last week, we got bumped back to row 30! The rep from Song that I talked to couldn't understand how the first 25 rows could possible be taken that fast!! 2 days later I saw that some seats opened up and called. Got moved to row 15. Then 2 days ago even more seats opened up! Now we're in row 6. It looks like they kept them closed for some strange reason but then opened them up gradually. Keep watching and make a switch when they open the seats you want. I found the Song people quite easy to work with.