Over the years, we’ve seen airlines update their premium cabin seat assignment policies. Sometimes the idea is to save some seats for top tier elite members, while other times the idea is to monetize seat selection.
Along those lines, Singapore Airlines has just implemented a policy change, which strikes me as being rather un-Singapore Airlines (for an airline that’s known for being classily full service at all times).
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Fortunately my business class preference is typically to sit in the very last row, so I’m not terribly impacted by this. Or wait, maybe I am, since those seats are now more likely to be occupied. 😉
Bottom line
Singapore Airlines has quietly implemented new seating restrictions, whereby those on the cheapest business class fares (whether paying with cash or points) can only assign seats in the back of the cabin in advance. On all wide body aircraft types, half or more of the seats are blocked off.
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