Tailor your flight according to your wishes and travel in your preferred seat. You can choose whether you would like to reserve a Classic Seat, an Extra Legroom Seat or a Preferred Zone Seat.
The following video explains in more detail the various options for seat reservations on Austrian Airlines flights.
Window, aisle or middle: the choice is yours. Reserve your preferred seat category when booking, later under “My bookings” or during online check-in. Seat reservations can be made as early as one year in advance.
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Seat reservations for European flights in Business Class are still free of charge.
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We would like to inform you that you are entitled to a free Classic Seat reservation for flights to and from Italy under ENAC regulations (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile [Italian Civil Aviation Authority]), provided you fulfil the following conditions:
We will assign you seats together at check-in free of charge.
Treat yourself to an Extra Legroom Seat on your next flight. These seats are usually located in the emergency exit rows and differ from the front row in that they offer extra legroom.
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Enjoy extra legroom in Economy Class. We offer the Legroom Seat on long-haul flights to make your stay on board even more comfortable. These seats are not located by the emergency exits.
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Travelling with us is even easier and faster, because with a Preferred Zone Seat you can disembark even faster after landing. The preferred seating zone is located in the front section of Economy Class.
On long-haul flights this area is behind our Premium Economy passengers and on short- and medium-haul flights behind the Business Class passengers.
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1 Price valid for bookings via austrian.com, Direct Connect, lufthansa.com, swiss.com and lh-group-agent.com.
Extra Space is a seat with no immediate neighbours by the window and aisle. Enjoy the peace and quiet and work undisturbed or push your seat back and relax.
Extra Space Seats are available in Business Class on intercontinental flights with the Boeing 777 aircraft type.
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Sometimes a little more space is just what you need. Treat yourself to extra comfort and simply book the seat next to you on continental and intercontinental routes.
We recommend booking an empty neighbouring seat under the following circumstances:
Depending on the booking situation, you can reserve your neighbouring seat and so ensure that this seat is guaranteed to remain unoccupied. Please telephone our Service Centre for details.
You can reserve your seat either at the time of booking or at a later date.
If you have an existing advance seat reservation, you can rebook or cancel your ticket easily and conveniently yourself via “My bookings”.
Please note that a confirmed advance seat reservation does not guarantee you a specific seat on board the aircraft (e.g. seat 3A). The advance seat reservation refers to the chosen seat category (e.g. Classic Seat, Preferred Zone Seat, Extra Legroom Seat, etc.).
An advance seat reservation applies to a single leg of your flight.
Please note that advance seat reservations are not refundable, either at the airport or on board.
When you book a seat in an emergency exit row, you must be able to meet the legal requirements. These will be explained to you during the booking process. Should you not meet these requirements, you will be allocated a different seat and you are not entitled to a refund.
In the event of an operational change (e.g. a change of aircraft type or travel route), we will try to rebook you in the same seat category you have previously booked. However, the seat number you chose before may change. If we are unable to rebook you in the same seat category, your advance seat reservation is refundable.
Your advance seat reservation is also refundable if we cancel your flight.
Changing your advance seat reservation without changing your flight
If you have made an advance seat reservation for your flight and wish to change your seat, you can do so via “My bookings”. The following rules apply:
You can change to a lower seat category free of charge. The price difference is non-refundable but is retained in your reservation and can be used for a later rebooking to a higher seat category (e.g. back to your previous seat category, if available, or to a higher seat category).
You can rebook to a higher seat category by paying the price difference.
Changing your advance seat reservation and your flight
If you change your flight and the route remains the same, you can transfer your advance seat reservation to the new flight. If the original seat category is not available on the new flight:
You can rebook to a lower seat category free of charge. The price difference is non-refundable but is retained in your reservation and can be used for a later rebooking to a higher seat category (e.g. to the seat category you originally booked, if this is still available).
You can rebook to a higher seat category by paying the price difference.
Should you also change your flight route, you may incur additional costs.
Changing your advance seat reservation without changing your flight
If you have made an advance seat reservation for your flight and wish to change your seat, you can do so via “My bookings”. The following rules apply:
You can change to a lower seat category free of charge. The price difference is non-refundable but is retained in your reservation and can be used for a later rebooking to a higher seat category (e.g. back to your previous seat category, if available, or to a higher seat category).
You can rebook to a higher seat category by paying the price difference.
Changing your advance seat reservation and your flight
If you change your flight and the route remains the same, you can transfer your advance seat reservation to the new flight. If the original seat category is not available on the new flight:
You can rebook to a lower seat category free of charge. The price difference is non-refundable but is retained in your reservation and can be used for a later rebooking to a higher seat category (e.g. to the seat category you originally booked, if this is still available).
You can rebook to a higher seat category by paying the price difference.
Should you also change your flight route, you may incur additional costs.
A refund of the advance seat reservation together with a flight cancellation is possible if the fare conditions allow for a refund.
Please note that for unused tickets, the following refund conditions apply:
Continental routes:
If your first flight allows for a refund, but the second flight does not, a refund for the second flight and advance seat reservation is not possible.
If your second flight allows for a refund, the ticket and advance seat reservation can be refunded in the event of a cancellation.
Intercontinental routes:
Just as the fare conditions of a flight leg do not allow for a refund, the advance seat reservation for the unused leg is also non-refundable, regardless of whether this is the outbound or return flight.
