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[quote=Anonymous]We probably flew half a dozen times the year that my kid was 3-15 months (mostly x-country). We never bought a ticket for him. I'd say at least 50% of the time, maybe even 60-75% of the time, we were able to arrange it so there was an open seat between DH and me. The agents at the airport were surprisingly helpful - moved people around and then blocked the seat between us. We took our carseat to the gate "just in case" and then gate-checked it if we didn't get the extra seat.

One thing that made this much more feasible was looking for open rows and selecting an aisle and a window for DH and me when I bought the tickets.  If there was a person assigned between us, it was much easier for the airline to move them to a different middle seat than from a window or aisle to a middle. If we didn't end up with an open seat, the person in the middle was obviously thrilled to switch with one of so we'd end up middle-window.

This was mostly on United FWIW. I usually asked at check-in, but they could only give us a gut feel ("it looks good" or "we're completely full") and tell us to ask again at the gate. If they said there was no chance, we'd just check the carseat there and not have to lug it through the airport. [/quote]

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