mandream

Did you actually try calling FBC or Lufthansa to ask them to book seats? I was able to do this with Lufthansa many months out several years ago. As to actual ticketing - I can tell you for my trip later this month, for some reason outbound and return were booked as 2 separate reservations (same airline). My Aug 15th return was just ticketed today and my outbound was ticketed in about the same timeframe (just over 30 days out). However I had seats on both these flights immediately after making the reservations which was the same day schedules were released (331 days prior). This was American.

You can also book seats right away with flights on American and United. Sometimes I have been able to do in on the airline website myself, sometimes I need to call FBC and they can do it, but it has always worked. It will vary by airline. Mike

Wondering if you ever worked this out? We're hoping to rent a car in Toulon in August.