V-Flyer

Greetings...

I am on my first UC flight next month from JNB. As I have often found myself moved to a seat I didn't request, I would like to know what the rules are should I find myself in the Snooze Zone when I arrive at the airport (I've chosen 9A, so hopefully that won't happen)

Do people make a fuss if you choose not to sleep, but rather have your light on to read or watch a movie?

I'm travelling alone, so chatting won't be a problem.

Many thanks,

Sascha

I believe when you enter the snooze zone (on an overnight flight where snooze zone is operating) someone (I think it is CC) explains what snooze zone is and stamps your boarding pass. I guess if you refuse to have your boarding pass stamped then no one can hold you accountable for not sleeping.

Paul

a) There is no Snooze Zone on JNB flights.

b) I've never been "stamped" when travelling in snooze.

c) The check-in person does point out that you're sat in snooze, if that's where your chosen seat is, and explains what that means.

d) If you end up in snooze against your choice, either due to full aircraft, late check-in, re-seating, or because you end up there because of an op-up, again you're told what the situation is, and you're offered a full meal at the bar.

Cheers,
Mike

The only flights which have an actual snooze zone are the overnights flights from BOS-LHR, NYC-LHR, IAD-LHR. You can always choose to eat at the bar if you find yourself in the snooze zone with no alternative seating.

Question answered....many thanks

Originally posted by mike-smashing

b) I've never been "stamped" when travelling in snooze.

Neither have I but on my last flight from MIA which does not have snooze zone the previous occupant (actually must have been a couple of trips ago) for a night flight from IAD which clearly had a blue stamp on it saying 'Advised of Snooze Zone'

Paul

They only thing you are barred from doing in Snooze Zone is talking
(other passengers will literally scream at you) and FAs will not serve food in the cabin.

Originally posted by KenJohn
They only thing you are barred from doing in Snooze Zone is talking
(other passengers will literally scream at you) and FAs will not serve food in the cabin.

Although if the snooze zone is upstairs don't be surprised if PE passengers constantly keep coming through the cabin to use the toliet - drives me nuts![V]

On one particular flight a women with a very irritating cough (and, I suspect, a bladder problem ) woke me up at least 3 times coming through from PE and the crew did nothing about it!

Did you ask them to do something about it?

I would be well hacked off if I was put in the snooze zone without wanting to be and then refused to be served my meal at my suite, thats assuming I was allowed to use it in the first place, lol.

When I was booked in the snooze zone flying back from IAD last year, VS staff asked me at least 3 times between checking in and leaving the Clubhouse to make 100% sure I was happy to be sat in the snooze zone. My BC was stamped to show I was in the snooze zone.

You still get the option of breakfast, you just dont get a main meal (although, like Juliet mentioned, there's nothing stopping you asking for a meal on board and eating it at the bar)

Regards

Mrs D actually made a point of asking the crew to do something about it the second time she was woken up but the crew maintained they could only "have a word" if they witnessed it. (Even though Mrs D was well able to describe the passenger in question - I guess they don't wish to act on hearsay - but if that is the case appearing from the galley a bit more might have helped as that's where she had to go to complain...)

Come on D thats not hearsay. Hearsay is an account given ( normally of a crime ) by somebody to someone else. ( well its actually an out of court statement tendered ( normally by the prosecution)to prove the truth of its contents )It rather sounds as if Mrs D witnessed a "crime" and was able to describe that on two occassions she witnessed a transgression of the rules. She was able to describe and possibly identify the perp. This is not hearsay, its eye witness evidence.
It sounds to me like the crew not wanting to make a scene.
And being frank they should have.

Nice one Dom... shouldn't you add a IAALB . So for clarity "hearsay" never involves an actual eye witness but rather an account of what an eye witness is claimed to have seen by a third party? (IF I'm going to use terms I might as well get them right!).