clojacks Posted September 2, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 2, 2022 If I choose the "pay at final cruise payment option", can I select seats today? Or can I only choose seats if I pay for the flight now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Fusion FoodsJ Posted September 2, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 2, 2022 No, you'll only be able to select seats after the reservation has actually been "ticketed" which doesn't occur until after they receive payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted September 2, 2022 #3 Share Posted September 2, 2022 That seems to depend on the airline. We couldn’t select seats until the ticket was paid which is after final payment. We selected our seats yesterday and had plenty of choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchell810 Posted September 2, 2022 #4 Share Posted September 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, clojacks said: If I choose the "pay at final cruise payment option", can I select seats today? Or can I only choose seats if I pay for the flight now? It depends on the airline. I was able to select seats for a Delta flight 5 months before final payment. I was even able to adjust those seats on the Delta website within hours of reserving the flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dlh015 Posted September 2, 2022 #5 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I haven't paid yet and , 4 1/2 months out, I was able to reserve seats on United... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted September 2, 2022 #6 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Definitely United and Delta allow seat choice as soon as you are booked for domestic flights at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrhdhd Posted September 2, 2022 #7 Share Posted September 2, 2022 And some airlines (looking at you, British Airways) won't let you choose a seat until 24 hours out unless you have status. Or rather, they'll let you pay a jacked up price for a seat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PinkSandGirl Posted September 2, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 2, 2022 American Airlines, I choose my seats at the same time I book with Flights by Celebrity, which is before payment has been made. While on the phone with the agent, I say I would like to pick the seats. I have the seat map up before I call. I also verify the seats have been held when I log into my American Airlines account. 🍹 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted September 2, 2022 #9 Share Posted September 2, 2022 58 minutes ago, PinkSandGirl said: American Airlines, I choose my seats at the same time I book with Flights by Celebrity, which is before payment has been made. While on the phone with the agent, I say I would like to pick the seats. I have the seat map up before I call. I also verify the seats have been held when I log into my American Airlines account. 🍹 Interesting as AA would not let me even see the reservation until it was "ticketed". It showed in My Trips but nothing more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCazer Posted September 2, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I am booked on a cruise in March 2023. I called and booked airfare from JFK-LAX and did not pay anything yet, but also have my seats booked. In fact, Celebrity did it for me. In the past, I have gotten the airline locator number and chose them myself. But this time I didn't have to. I was also able to change my flights before I pay as well. I did this as well for Royal Caribbean (parent company) last month. But I flew JFK to Rome, and it was on ITA, and I could not choose seats until 24 hours before the flights. Very stressful since it was 9 hour flights and 5 people. But we managed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PinkSandGirl Posted September 2, 2022 #11 Share Posted September 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, jelayne said: Interesting as AA would not let me even see the reservation until it was "ticketed". It showed in My Trips but nothing more. That's so odd how it isn't consistent. Prior to being 'TICKETED' I have always been able to see the flight, seats, etc... I can't change anything on my own prior to being TICKETED. I can add flight change notifications and things like that. 🍹 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbiker97 Posted September 2, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Agree that it’s airline dependent. Some will allow you if you have a record locator. Others require a call to FBC who can book the seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare whitshel Posted September 4, 2022 #13 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 10:20 AM, jelayne said: Interesting as AA would not let me even see the reservation until it was "ticketed". It showed in My Trips but nothing more. You can usually get seats with AA only through the Celebrity reps. If you try and get seats on AA.com it wont let you until they are ticketed. The reps seem to have a work around. Delta and United will usually let you pick seats on their websites before ticketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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