jet blue?

[kitkat4622]

So I was looking at my flight for my upcoming trip. It shows my seat selections but there is this note underneath.

Note: Your seat is selected but not guaranteed

What exactly does this mean? I have an email with everything stating confirmed but this message concerns me

 

[n2mm]

Never seen that before and I fly Jetblue most of the time. I'd be curious to know the answer.

 

[JanJan324]

it means they can move you elsewhere if they want. Alaska Air did this to me on my recent Vegas trip and moved me to a middle seat and didn't even notify me.

 

[Woodview]

You have picked the seat .... that you want & have proof of that booking.

When checking in ...... just make sure that the boarding card shows that seat ... if not complain there & then.

If your seat is correct on boarding card go to your seat on entering aeroplane & if another person is in that seat

let the flight attendant sort it out ....... & make sure that you are the winner .. selected seat or Up grade.

( The person who could be in your seat just might be someone who wishes to sit together in a family group & who boarded

the plane before you )

 

[goofy4tink]

Yes, you get to choose a seat. But, the airline can change that choice. They don't much care if you choose a seat. Same thing with your particular flight. Sure, you chose a flight that met your needs. But, airlines can, and do, change flights. If you read the CoC, you will see that the airline can do pretty much whatever it wants.....it just sort of promises to get you from point A to point B on a particular day!

 

[Plaid Princess]

Note: Your seat is selected but not guaranteed

What exactly does this mean? I have an email with everything stating confirmed but this message concerns me

It means exactly that, no seat is guaranteed on a flight. Most of the time if you book direct, you'll get the seat you pick... but that could change without notice for a multitude of reasons. It's one of the reasons I suggest never booking through a third party, and checking your seat selection on the airline website a few days ahead of your departure. You should also check in from home at the 24 hour mark, even if you're not going to print your ticket. On some airlines, seats that previously incurred a charge to select (exit row, etc.), release at the 24 hour mark, so you might even be able to select a better seat.

The important thing to remember is that airlines don't change seats without reason; it could be a change of equipment, a different configuration, an air marshal taking your seat (which the airline has no control over, and can't tell you), even something like a broken seat back or armrest. If you're very concerned about where you are going to sit, arrive early and ask. The earlier you get to the airport, the more flexibility the airline agents have to help you out!

Yes, you get to choose a seat. But, the airline can change that choice. Same thing with your particular flight. Sure, you chose a flight that met your needs. But airlines can, and do, change flights. If you read the CoC, you will see that the airline can do pretty much whatever it wants.....it just sort of promises to get you from point A to point B on a particular day!

Yep. All of this.

If your seat is correct on boarding card go to your seat on entering aeroplane & if another person is in that seat let the flight attendant sort it out ....... & make sure that you are the winner.. selected seat or Up grade.

It's not really realistic to expect an upgrade in a seat duplicate situation, you'll get the type of seat you paid for. Keep in mind that it's very rare for seat duplicates to happen, and there's usually not time to do anything other than take a quick stock of which seats are open and give you a choice from there. If you want to escalate the situation, odds are likely the Flight Attendant will ask you to step off the aircraft to discuss it further with the ground staff, as they won't want to take a costly delay for one seat issue.

 

[Anal Annie]

It can also mean that sometimes the airline can change the type of plane that they're using which might have a different seat configuration (especially if you've booked really far out). I always double check our seat assignments a couple weeks before our flights as the planes should be pretty set by then.

 

[ebradley23]

Did you pick an exit row? Do you have a lap infant flying with you? Under a certain age can't fly in an exit row. There are a whole host of other limitations for exit rows also. There are limited rows with a third oxygen mask for lap infants. If you have a lap infant, you may have to be moved to one of those rows. If you are in one of those rows you may have to be moved to accommodate someone traveling with a lap infant. It could be a number of reasons the disclaimer is there.

 

[wilkeliza]

They started doing it because more and more they are switching seats. Happens either when they adjust flight times and "rebook" the entire flight or whatever. We never got moved around on Jetblue until this year. At least every flight now we hear someone up at the counter complaining about how their seats were changed and they didn't even know until they checked in. We check our flights on the app several times before departure day now just in case anything changes.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Did you pick an exit row? Do you have a lap infant flying with you? Under a certain age can't fly in an exit row. There are a whole host of other limitations for exit rows also. There are limited rows with a third oxygen mask for lap infants. If you have a lap infant, you may have to be moved to one of those rows. If you are in one of those rows you may have to be moved to accommodate someone traveling with a lap infant. It could be a number of reasons the disclaimer is there.

This has nothing to do with the warning. No seat is ever guaranteed; the airline probably added this disclaimer hoping to reduce the number of complaints when there is an aircraft swap or seat assignments are changed.

 

[n2mm]

Jetblue does make changes to their seat assignment. We were called up to the counter one trip and they asked us if they could move us so they could get a family closer together. We had no idea where they would going to put us, but we agreed if we had 2 seats together. We were moved to the extra leg room seats in row 2.

 

[ebradley23]

This has nothing to do with the warning. No seat is ever guaranteed; the airline probably added this disclaimer hoping to reduce the number of complaints when there is an aircraft swap or seat assignments are changed.

I currently have Jet Blue tickets reserved and I don't have that disclaimer anywhere. They aren't going to randomly put that on some iteneraries and not others if it's just to reduce complaints. It has to do with the type of tickets purchased, seats selected or something. Still not saying it's anything to stress about, but there is probably a reason.