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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Never fly an airline that won't let you pick your seats when you make your reservation.  Since I always purchase my tickets online directly the airline, I've never had a problem.  However, one time I did give up my seat and was moved to the one seat left in business class.

My kids are teens now so no problem.  But when they were young I wouldn't even consider being separated.[/quote]

I don't think you understand the issue. Flying with some major airlines has changed dramatically in recent years.  United, AA, maybe some others don't really care if you select the seat ahead of time. They are always changing aircrafts, which means the seating configuration can't be relied on ahead of time. If you purchased assigned seats for your family and are flying United, you should count on "assigned" as meaning nothing. They reassign seats and separate groups, often seating small children away from adults, at the last minute.

OP, don't be fooled into thinking buying Economy Plus ahead of time guarantees you anything. They can and will bump you out of Economy Plus and scatter your group all over the damned plane. Speaking from experience.  I hate United.[/quote]

yes yes, this happened to us.  I chose seats with all 4 of us together.  I booked my flight 6 months in advance.  Since my booking, I had at least 2 updates to my seating because they kept changing the plane that we would be on.  When we got there, we were not seated together.  Luckily, 2 of our seats were off at the aisle, and two were in the huge middle section of a 747.  A nice couple did trade with us to get away from our 1 and 3 year olds.  So I booked seats together, and the airline separated us.  Very frustrating.  This was United.[/quote]

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