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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great column in the post about why it’s only fair that airlines charge to pick your seats.

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I don’t mind paying to pick seats, but I think if the airline then has to split you for some reason there should be some sort of monetary penalty. I once booked (and paid for) 3 seats together for me and kids (then ages 2 and 4). My connecting flight got changed and we were all seated apart. The gate agent totally put it on me to go around and beg passengers to get me 3 seats together. Thank goodness a mom traveling with 2 older kids took pity on me. But I think it’s hot garbage that I paid extra for “X” (that being seats together) and the airline can just not give me “X” and my recourse is to fix it myself?

Also, now that my kids are 7 and 9 I don’t plan on paying extra (my oldest has flown by herself before and I know they’d be okay in a different part of the plane). I can’t be the only parent who doesn’t want to spend this extra money, so passengers should probably expect to have kids as their random seat mates more often because of this.[/quote]

I’ll add to this that if we’re doing a whole you have to pay for anything particular to your personal needs then I don’t want to subsidize anyone else either. We can make this every man for himself.

I am petite (5’2”) and only take up my seat. I also can fit all my clothes in one carry on. Anyone checking a bag should pay the cost of that (to my knowledge most airlines do this already). And also anyone who can’t fit in their seat should pay for 2. I’ve definitely been inconvenienced on flights where a larger passengers spills over into mine (I’ve had the arm rest lifted so they can fit in and I’m having to scooch to the far edge of my seat not to touch them).

In the past I just dealt with it because such is life living in a society with others (and you gotta roll with it when traveling sometimes). But if we’re going to start charging extra for accommodations for families with young kids then I expect everyone who needs some sort of an accommodation that isn’t covered by a federal law to pay extra. [/quote]

Why not take it a step further and have people pay per pound? Include body weight and luggage weight.[/quote]

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