Streblo Posted June 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'm flying EK764 JNB-DXB (A380-800) / EK201 DXB-JFK (A380-800) in October, and EK214 FLL-DXB (B777-200LR) / EK776 DXB-JNB (B777-300ER) in November. I see there are various possible classes / versions and therefore seating configurations for each of these aircraft. I guess supply & demand on each route determines which aircraft is used. How can I tell what class / version is applicable on the routes above? Is there a clue in the flight name/details? The EK site shows seat availability easily enough when managing your booking. So, I'm assuming they know their aircraft best and my seat selection is true to what I see. However, if I look at Seat Guru and other such sites, there is a fair amount of variation, especially on the 777s. Seat Guru shows 2 seats configuration in row 36J/36K on Emirates B777-200LR but Emirates shows three seats together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted June 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted June 8, 2018 The EK site shows seat availability easily enough when managing your booking. So, I'm assuming they know their aircraft best and my seat selection is true to what I see. However, if I look at Seat Guru and other such sites, there is a fair amount of variation, especially on the 777s. Seat Guru shows 2 seats configuration in row 36J/36K on Emirates B777-200LR but Emirates shows three seats together.Given a choice between a seat map from Emirates for your specific flight, and a seat map on seatguru, I would prefer the real-time information that's come directly from the Emirates reservation system. I'm tempted to say that given a choice between having absolutely no information whatsoever, and a seat map on seatguru, I would prefer having absolutely no information whatsoever. That would be a little unfair, but seatguru is often woefully out-of-date and/or simply wrong. For example, for BA aircraft seatguru continues to show seat maps for configurations that have been out of service for years. FWIW, this is real-time information from a GDS:- Seat Map Search: Departing JNB on 20/10/18 for DXB Flying EK flight 764 in Economy A B C D E F G H J K 41 E # # # # # # E 42 P P P P P P 43 P P P P P P 44 P P P P P P 45 P P P # # # # P P P 46 P P P P P P P P P P 47 P P P P P P P P P P 48 P P P P P P P P P P 49 P P P P P P P P P P 50 P - - P P P P P P P 51 - - P - 52 W # # # - - - W 53 W - - - - - + W 54 W + + + # # - - + + + W 55 W - - - + + + - - + + W 56 W - - - - + + + + + + W 57 W + + + + + + + + + + W 58 W + + + + + + + + + + W 59 W + + + + + + + + + + W 60 W + + + + + + + + + + W 61 W + + H H + + H H + + W 62 W + + H H + + H X X X W 63 W + + H X X X X X X X W 64 W + + H X X X X X X X W 65 W + + H X X X X X X X W 66 W + + X W 67 E # # X X # # # # E 68 E # + + + + + + + + - E 69 W X X X H + + H H + + W 70 W X X X H + + H H + + W 71 W X X X H + + H H + + W 72 + + H H + + H H + + 73 + + H H + + H H + + 74 + + + + + + + + + + 75 + + + + + + + + + + 76 + + + + + + + + + + 77 + + + + + + + + - - 78 + + + - - - - - - - 79 - + + + - - 80 E # # # # E 81 E # + + + + # E 82 + + + # # # # + + + 83 + + + + + + + - + - 84 + + - + + + + + + + 85 + + + + + + + + + + 86 H H + + + + + + H H 87 H H + + + + + X X X 88 H H + + + + + X X X A B C D E F G H J K Seats Premium Only P Available + Handicap-Accessible H Paid & Premium # Occupied - Blocked X Lavatory L Paid $ Location Exit Row E Wing W Upper Deck U Seat Map Search: Departing DXB on 21/10/18 for JFK Flying EK flight 201 in Economy A B C D E F G H J K 43 # # # # # # 44 P P P P P P 45 P P P # # # # P P P 46 P P P P P P P P P P 47 P P P P P P P P P P 48 P P P P P P P P P P 49 P P P P P P P P P P 50 P P P P P P P P P P 51 P P P P 52 W # # # # # # W 53 W + - - + - - W 54 W + + + # # # # + + - W 55 W - - - - + + + - + - W 56 W + + + - - + + + + + W 57 W + + + + + + + + + + W 58 W + + + + + + + + + + W 59 W + + + + + + + + + + W 60 W + + + + + + + + + + W 61 W + + H H + + H H + + W 62 W + + H H + + H H + + W 63 W + + H H + + H H + + W 64 W + + H H + + H H + + W 65 W + + H H + + H H + + W 66 W + + + W 67 E # # # # # # # # E 68 E # + + + + + + + + # E 69 W X X X H + + H H + + W 70 W X X X H + + H H + + W 71 W X X X H + + H H + + W 72 + + H H + + H H + + 73 + + H H + + H H + + 74 + + + + + + + + + + 75 + + + + + + + + + + 76 - + - + + + + + + + 77 + + + + + + + + + + 78 + + + + + + + + + + 79 + + + + + + 80 E # # # # E 81 E # X X X X # E 82 X X X X X X X X X X 83 X X X X X X X X X X 84 X X X X X X X X X X 85 X X X X X X 86 X X X X X X 87 X X X X X X 88 X X X X X X A B C D E F G H J K Seat Map Search: Departing FLL on 08/11/18 for DXB Flying EK flight 214 in Economy A B C D E F G H J K 14 W X X X X X X X X X X W 15 W P P P - - - - P P P W 16 W P P P P P P P P P P W 17 W P P P P P P P P P P W 18 W P P P P P P P P P P W 19 W + + H - + + H H + + W 20 W + + - + + + - - + + W 21 W + + + + + + + + + + W 22 W + + + + + + + + + + W 23 W + + H H + + H H + + W 24 W + + H H + + H H + + W 25 W + + H H + + H H + + W 26 W + + H H + + H H + + W 27 W + + + + + + + + + + W 28 W - - + + + + + W 29 W + + + W 30 E # # # # # # E 31 X X X + + + 32 X X X # # # # + + + 33 X X X + + + + + + + 34 + + + + + + + + + + 35 + + + + + + + + + + 36 + + + + + + + + - - 37 + + + + + + + + + + 38 + + H + + + + H + + 39 # # H + + H # # 40 # # H + + H # # 41 # # H + + H # # 42 + + + + X X 43 X X A B C D E F G H J K Seat Map Search: Departing DXB on 09/11/18 for JNB Flying EK flight 767 in Economy A B C D E F G H J K 17 W X X X X X X X X X X W 18 W P P P P P P P P P P W 19 W P P P P P P P P P P W 20 W P P P P P P P P P P W 21 W P P P P P P P P P P W 23 W # # # # W 24 E # # # + + + + # # # E 25 W + + H H + + H H + + W 26 W + + H H + + H H + + W 27 W + + H H + + H H + + W 28 W + + + + + + + + + + W 29 W + + + + + + + + + + W 30 W + + + + + + + + + + W 31 W + + + + + + + + + + W 32 + + + + + + + + + + 33 + + + X X X X X X X 34 + + + X X X X X X X 35 + + H H + + H H + X 36 + + H H + + H H + + 37 E # # # # # # E 38 X X X X X - - - - - 39 X X X H + + H H + + 40 X X X + + + + + + + 41 - + - + + + + + + + 42 + + + + + + + + + + 43 + + + + + + + + + + 44 + + + + + + + + + + 45 + + + + + + + + + + 46 # # + + + + # # 47 # # + + + + # # 48 # # + + + + # # 49 # # + + + + X X 50 # # + + + + X X A B C D E F G H J K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streblo Posted June 11, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Thanks Globaliser! It is as I thought. I've selected my seats. Tried a tip I was given where you book seats A & C leaving B empty hoping that if the flight is not full, you and your partner get to share the empty space. But, if it's booked, then you simply offer the aisle seat to the lone traveler. Who'd say no to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globaliser Posted June 11, 2018 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Tried a tip I was given where you book seats A & C leaving B empty hoping that if the flight is not full, you and your partner get to share the empty space. But, if it's booked, then you simply offer the aisle seat to the lone traveler. Who'd say no to that?I've heard people say that very occasionally, you'll get some utterly irrational person - perhaps someone who's too stressed or frightened by the process of flying to think straight - who insists on sitting in the middle seat that they've been allocated. But I've never yet had it happen to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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