Change of aircraft

Ace2007

Guys,

I've just realised that despite advertising a A330 type aircraft on the Newark to Dublin route - when you book your flight, and hence choose your seats (seat configuration being a 2-4-2), it appears that the actual aircraft used is a A321LR with has a (3-3 seat configuration).

So what happens If you have booked the 2 window seats, is there now a strong possibility one of us would now be in the middle?, and is that just tough luck?

goingnowhere

A is always a window so if its A its still a window
K doesn't exist

Call and get the seats reassigned to seat A to ensure it will always be a window

Ace2007

goingnowhere wrote: »

A is always a window so if its A its still a window
K doesn't exist

Call and get the seats reassigned to seat A to ensure it will always be a window

It was more that I would prefer us both sitting together and not one of us in the middle. Surely they would just state the correct model at time of booking given that it's the same one used day in day out?

ted1

Ace2007 wrote: »

It was more that I would prefer us both sitting together and not one of us in the middle. Surely they would just state the correct model at time of booking given that it's the same one used day in day out?

If you both booked window seats you wouldn’t be together.

Ace2007

ted1 wrote: »

If you both booked window seats you wouldn’t be together.

Obviously that was a typo, and meant that I had booked the 2 seats side by side, at the window - given that configuration was 2-4-2.

So now that I've cleared that up for you - do you not think it's very misleading to advertise one plane, but yet continuously use a different plane for the flight?

Valhallapt

Ace2007 wrote: »

Obviously that was a typo, and meant that I had booked the 2 seats side by side, at the window - given that configuration was 2-4-2.

So now that I've cleared that up for you - do you not think it's very misleading to advertise one plane, but yet continuously use a different plane for the flight?

No plane changes aren’t uncommon, many operational reasons mean the airline has to switch aircraft type, often out of their control at extra cost to them.

It certainly wasn’t a bait and switch.

ted1

Ace2007 wrote: »

Obviously that was a typo, and meant that I had booked the 2 seats side by side, at the window - given that configuration was 2-4-2.

So now that I've cleared that up for you - do you not think it's very misleading to advertise one plane, but yet continuously use a different plane for the flight?

Plane changes can happen. Unscheduled or scheduled maintenance, loading factors. , retirement of aircraft, etc

RocketRaccoon

Because of the nature of this country nowadays I'm trying to figure out how this is going to end up as the OP making money out of the situation.

Wuff Wuff

You should be awarded 100,000e compensation for emotional damage

Ring Joe Duffy

Ace2007

Wuff Wuff wrote: »

You should be awarded 100,000e compensation for emotional damage

Ring Joe Duffy

Always one smart person on a thread...

While I accept there can be situations where planes change etc, if the same journey has used a different plane than advertised everyday for the last 3 months, it's not really one of those unusually situations.

average_runner

Ace2007 wrote: »

Always one smart person on a thread...

While I accept there can be situations where planes change etc, if the same journey has used a different plane than advertised everyday for the last 3 months, it's not really one of those unusually situations.

Maybe contact the airline and ask why

newirishman

goingnowhere wrote: »

A is always a window so if its A its still a window
K doesn't exist

Call and get the seats reassigned to seat A to ensure it will always be a window

K is usually the other window seat in a dual aisle configuration

KildareP

Chances are the flight is heavily undersold and they downgraded the plane as a result. We flew Dub-Philly recently on the A321neo and even then I'd say it was at ~50% loading each way, so plenty of cabin space to move about. We ended up on our own together in the row of 3 seats and plenty of single passengers had a row of 3 to themselves.

Flight uptake seems to be way down at the moment due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

That said - I flew Dub-Orlando once on the A330 with 10 (ten!) passengers on board. Only reason I reckon it went ahead was because the return flight was fully booked otherwise we would probably have been put onto a smaller plane. The four centre aisle seats made for a great bed! Sorry, know that is of no use to you...

goingnowhere

K is a window on A330

So a A321 doesn't have a K,

A is always a window
C, D always an isle (on Aer Lingus)
There is no B on a A321

Ace2007

KildareP wrote: »

Chances are the flight is heavily undersold and they downgraded the plane as a result. We flew Dub-Philly recently on the A321neo and even then I'd say it was at ~50% loading each way, so plenty of cabin space to move about. We ended up on our own together in the row of 3 seats and plenty of single passengers had a row of 3 to themselves.

Flight uptake seems to be way down at the moment due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

That said - I flew Dub-Orlando once on the A330 with 10 (ten!) passengers on board. Only reason I reckon it went ahead was because the return flight was fully booked otherwise we would probably have been put onto a smaller plane. The four centre aisle seats made for a great bed! Sorry, know that is of no use to you...

What was the A321neo like in general? It's the Newark route to Dublin that I noticed it

Valhallapt

Ace2007 wrote: »

Always one smart person on a thread...

While I accept there can be situations where planes change etc, if the same journey has used a different plane than advertised everyday for the last 3 months, it's not really one of those unusually situations.

The publish their schedules twice a year, probably will be corrected when they publish again

KildareP

Ace2007 wrote: »

What was the A321neo like in general? It's the Newark route to Dublin that I noticed it

Not a big fan.
With the A330 you are never more than a seat away from the aisle.
You can also get up and do a loop of the cabin section via either aisle.

Other than that, seat is the same, inflight entertainment the same. Just a smaller aircraft.

Flipperdipper

What's the problem ? You booked two seats together one of them being a window seat. You still have the same except that now there may be another passenger in the same row, so....what's the problem?

ted1

Flipperdipper wrote: »

What's the problem ? You booked two seats together one of them being a window seat. You still have the same except that now there may be another passenger in the same row, so....what's the problem?

No access to the Aisle= less space , less privacy , more hassle when you want to get up stretch your legs. I hate non aisle seats.

endofrainbow

ted1 wrote: »

No access to the Aisle= less space , less privacy , more hassle when you want to get up stretch your legs. I hate non aisle seats.

If you want privacy don't use public transport