Do people really pay $50 each way per person for seat selection??

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Yes. We pay.

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Anonymous wrote:If they didn't buy el cheapo fares r flew enough to accrue status they would get seat selection as a matter of course.
DCUM is a weird mix. Basic Economy flyers and people asking who else has over $500k hhi. Hope not same people.

I’m in biglaw and I’m a basic economy flyer when it’s on my own dime. It’s one of the very few things I’m cheap about, mostly on principle.

I don’t pay to select my seat, but I’m fine with a middle seat (I’m 5’4” and have short legs). I don’t particularly care about being separated from my travel companion/s. Most of my flights are international, though, so I’m usually able to choose from the limited number of free seats at check-in. I check in early and 75% of the time get an aisle, which is my preference.

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Anonymous wrote:If they didn't buy el cheapo fares r flew enough to accrue status they would get seat selection as a matter of course.
DCUM is a weird mix. Basic Economy flyers and people asking who else has over $500k hhi. Hope not same people.

I’m in biglaw and I’m a basic economy flyer when it’s on my own dime. It’s one of the very few things I’m cheap about, mostly on principle.

I don’t pay to select my seat, but I’m fine with a middle seat (I’m 5’4” and have short legs). I don’t particularly care about being separated from my travel companion/s. Most of my flights are international, though, so I’m usually able to choose from the limited number of free seats at check-in. I check in early and 75% of the time get an aisle, which is my preference.

We have a healthy income and never pay for a premium seat domestically. We usually fly Southwest or American/Jet Blue on points, both of which offer free seat selection. It's trickier for international. Virgin gave us free advance seat selection but Air France did not so I'm debating if I'm going to fork over the money or roll the dice at online checkin.

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I’ve flown a lot with little kids over the past ten several years. There have been many changes and some airlines do their seating and ticketing differently than others. It can be tricky to keep up with. Now with the ticket classes of basic economy etc, it can be confusing to people, understandably. I would never ask someone to change seats to sit by another adult, but there have been multiple situations where I was separated from my children, including as young as two, and I think it is a terrible policy to not automatically seat families with young kids together. Before someone says well I should have paid in advance, my experiences included times where I didn’t purchase seats together fast enough, and when I traveled last minute for a funeral and there were not seats available. It is depressing to require families with young kids that may be stretching to pay for flights to shell out more than the ticket to sit together. It is obviously the right thing for families and the airlines and everyone should understand this.

Anyway, now it seems the airlines have figured it out to save the last rows for families and will seat you together without an extra cost. This seems to be the best way they can handle it. I just booked flights for two of my kids and myself on United and we were able to buy basic economy and sit together in the very last row. I’m fine with this, as it is better than paying an extra $600 (four legs) to sit by my four and six year olds.

[Anonymous]

Ever since my family of 5 including 3 kids under 5 received 5 seats scattered across the plane I pay.

It was a United flight. There were cancelled flights to the plane was way oversold and many people were clearly not getting home that day. We were flying to our cruise vacation. The flight attendants tried to help and ultimately were able to put two our kids next to each other and one of the adults and the 2 year one behind the other. Nobody would move.

There should be laws against this. But yes, I always pay now.

[Anonymous]

For any flight 4 hours or more, I pay because I don't want to be stuck in a middle seat and I prefer window.

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I pay - a big reason is so I won’t get bumped when the flight is oversold because I already have my seat assignment.

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Anonymous wrote:I do. And no I will it switch with you because you’re cheap.

Yup, and if you're flying with kiss this needs to be part of your planning. Don't expect others to give up the seat they paid for.

Fine with me. Hopefully you end up next to one of my kids, then. In advance, I apologize that one of them has sensory issues with headphones, so they will probably keep unplugging them and listening to their tablet using the speakers. He's very friendly, though, but doesn't really have an understanding of personal space yet.

Did you pay the fee to get a seat next to your snowflake?

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Anonymous wrote:I do. And no I will it switch with you because you’re cheap.

Yup, and if you're flying with kiss this needs to be part of your planning. Don't expect others to give up the seat they paid for.

Fine with me. Hopefully you end up next to one of my kids, then. In advance, I apologize that one of them has sensory issues with headphones, so they will probably keep unplugging them and listening to their tablet using the speakers. He's very friendly, though, but doesn't really have an understanding of personal space yet.

No problem, I have noise canceling headphones. If it really bothers me, I'll tell him to stop.

By the way, I was planning on rewatching Season 1 of Game of Thrones on the flight. I hope he doesn't glance over at the wrong moment. You'll have some fun questions at the end of the flight.

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Anonymous wrote:Be kind to people if you’re flying this week. We were originally seated together, then our flight got wildly delayed and we couldn’t have made our connection. We’re now seated away from our young special needs child. We will indeed be rectifying the situation when we get there. We’ll probably get judgment from strangers who think we were too cheap to pay the fee. We weren’t.

That is very different than pp who doesn't want to pay for it, demands to sit where it suits her and calls those that don't immediately do as she asks rude.

Of course, but how are you supposed to tell the difference?

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Anonymous wrote:I do. And no I will it switch with you because you’re cheap.

Yup, and if you're flying with kiss this needs to be part of your planning. Don't expect others to give up the seat they paid for.

Fine with me. Hopefully you end up next to one of my kids, then. In advance, I apologize that one of them has sensory issues with headphones, so they will probably keep unplugging them and listening to their tablet using the speakers. He's very friendly, though, but doesn't really have an understanding of personal space yet.

If he sits next to me, he will have a firm grasp of this concept by the end of the flight.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just part of the cost of flying if you don’t want a middle seat. If you are fine with a middle seat feel free not to pay. Don’t expect others to move so you can be with your family/friends.

+100
I'm still amazed that there are people who decide not to pay and then expect others to move for their convenience. Nope. I'm staying in my great, paid for seat.

I am amazed that people forget their manners and are not willing to be considerate or accommodating. The aggressive me first culture is atrocious

When you say this you mean you're amazed that someone would refuse to pay fifty dollars for a seat assignment and then expect someone else to move so they can sit where they want? Because yes, that is amazingly inconsiderate.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay - a big reason is so I won’t get bumped when the flight is oversold because I already have my seat assignment.

This is why I don't fly basic economy.

I only pay for a seat assignment when there are no "free" aisle or window seats available. I'm not sitting in the middle unless I have to.

If a longer flight (more than 3 hours), I may pay for exit row or extra legroom.

[Anonymous]

i pay. DS is 6.

we do not check luggage.

i pay bc i want earlier access to the overhead bins.

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Anonymous wrote:Be kind to people if you’re flying this week. We were originally seated together, then our flight got wildly delayed and we couldn’t have made our connection. We’re now seated away from our young special needs child. We will indeed be rectifying the situation when we get there. We’ll probably get judgment from strangers who think we were too cheap to pay the fee. We weren’t.

That is very different than pp who doesn't want to pay for it, demands to sit where it suits her and calls those that don't immediately do as she asks rude.

Of course, but how are you supposed to tell the difference?

You just explain and offer to take a very crappy seat that somebody probably didn't pay for.