Cost of booking seats with ba?

[Hula Doola]

Does anyone know how much it costs to book seat choice with BA on direct LGW-MCO or LHR-MCO in economy standard? I can't see the cost before booking, and want to compare like for like with VA which include it for free. We are 2a1ya1c. Thanks

[Claudette]

This link suggests seat booking starts at £20 in economy, however I note also indicates from £55 for Club World whereas from experience it is a lot more than this to Orlando and the cheapest available for my January flight in CW is £89.

So I don’t know for economy, but would guess at about £30-40 each way. Hopefully someone can confirm that shortly.

britishairways/en-de...sing-your-seat

[TheHughesCrew]

If your child is under 12, they will likely sit you all together if you're happy to wait for allocation?

[nursetina]

I'm flying LHR to MCO in November so just looked on my booking and seats coming up starting at £34 for middle of plane, £40 for sides, £72 for the twin seats at back, going up in price to £62 for side 3 seats at front of economy. Hope that helps.

[ziggyzag]

As you have a child under 12 they will seat you together anyway, If anyone has a disability/special needs they will allocate you seats straight away for free (if you ring)

[Mr Tom Morrow]

OP. I needed an answer to your question for flights I wanted for next April.

I knew the flight price so went through to the booking page, put in a load of old rubbish ref my name and E Mail and then proceeded to the seat map.

The prices were on there.

[Hula Doola]

Thanks for all the responses. We do have an 11yr old but I thought this just guaranteed they would be with 1 adult rather than all 4 of us together. Our son will be 13 so don't really want to risk him sitting separate from us as still young. Would really like at least 1 window seat too as we v rarely fly, kids were 2 and 4 yrs last time, and I think they'd get a lot from being able to see out of the window (even if most of the journey is just a sea view &#128518

Will try your trick Mr TM, didn't realise I could check it out before payment. Seems like there's lots of variation from other responses I had assumed it would be a flat price depending on seat class 🙄

[Hula Doola]

Originally Posted by Claudette

This link suggests seat booking starts at £20 in economy, however I note also indicates from £55 for Club World whereas from experience it is a lot more than this to Orlando and the cheapest available for my January flight in CW is £89.

So I don’t know for economy, but would guess at about £30-40 each way. Hopefully someone can confirm that shortly.

britishairways/en-de...sing-your-seat

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Thanks Claudette that's a helpful link looms like it would be £20 per person per flight for us, so not as bad as I thought, but still an extra £160 to factor in!

[Claudette]

Originally Posted by Hula Doola

I had assumed it would be a flat price depending on seat class 🙄

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No definitely not a flat price. On my flight the seats range from £89 to £117 depending on which seat you book, further forward more desirable (expensive) as are the sides versus the middle section.

Originally Posted by Hula Doola

Thanks Claudette that's a helpful link looms like it would be £20 per person per flight for us, so not as bad as I thought, but still an extra £160 to factor in!

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I would probably plan to expect above £20 as they seem to be quoting an optimistic minimum. If you don’t get allocated seats, you might not get four together, but I think you would be unlucky if the 13 year old and other adult are sat on their own.