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After canceling our first trip (due this weekend actually) to Dubai I booked new economy tickets with BA for a round trip BRU-LHR-DXB for the end of april. Found these at a nice price and I finally get to fly an A380
But after booking the seat selection got me a bit pissed : window seats 78 eur pp one way for lhr-dxb !! I mean that's more than 30% extra on top of the fare. Even a middle row seat was 28 eur pp one way... But THE question : was it really necessary to book seats in advance for a fee as I understand from the website that you are able to select a seat for free so people who didn't pay for seat selection might end up with an expensive window row seat while not having paid extra for it ?
I saw the seat bookings for my flight on ExpertFlyer and for now a lot of seats are not "booked" so I wonder if I paid 150 eur extra for nothing :/
While checking in online you will be able to select a seat, so I would personally never pay up front. Just check-in 24h in advance (like on the dot) and you should have the seat of your liking. If you really, really, really want a window seat though you can pay up front. It's quite personal.