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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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

I have very good manners and I am generally nice and accommodating, but this is why I pay for a seat: I don't expect anyone to switch for me, and would hope anyone polite and considerate also purchased their own seat. I also would very much mind sitting next to a small child whose parent was too cheap to purchase seating together. I know I'd feel obligated to help out the child as it's not their fault their parent didn't care. It's unfair to hope strangers will babysit for you.[/quote]

I don't get the "too cheap" argument because airline pricing is incredibly variable over time. It's entirely possible that the parent with the basic economy ticket paid more than you paid for the upgraded ticket with seat selection depending on when and how you bought your tickets. As someone who has occasionally bought tickets for my spouse and children to accompany me on business travel I am also very aware of how different prices can be depending on whether you book through corporate travel agencies or with miles or as a regular customer paying directly. The difference is sometimes in the thousands even for domestic travel.

So people who are calling parents "cheap" for not paying to select seats together: it's way more complicated than that. In many instances I would bet you that the families who fly rarely and buy basic economy and hope they will be seated together have paid among the highest per-seat prices for seats in the economy cabin even when you factor in upgrades for seat selection (and most people don't actually pay for that upgrade -- they get it as a result of status or it's paid for by and employer).

Like this is really an argument about classism and access and not about "cheapness".[/quote]

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