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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go ahead and roll the dice, just don’t pitch a sanctimonious fit when your seats are scattered throughout the plane and no one will move for you.[/quote]

Yes I hate when parents don't pre pay for seats and then try to make those of us who DID pre pay move.[/quote]

Wow, this is a rude comment. Paying for seats on the plane is a scam! And people are flaming the OP bc she didn't fall for it. Just wow. [/quote]

You mean when everyone else paid for them you want to get away with not paying for them and inconvenience everyone else who reserved seats? At the last minute? You are an entitled scam artist.[/quote]

NEWS FLASH!!! "Everyone" does not pay for seats, especially not on budget airlines. Airlines are outsourcing to passengers this responsibility that they took on before (placing small children with a parent.) Also, since most people are NOT paying to select a seat, I'm not scamming anybody. It's common sense that a 2 year old paying full price sits with his parent. What is this??[/quote]

You have a limited grasp of economics.  Airlines have discovered that they can lower overall ticket prices and make it up by charging those who assign a value to having an assigned seat or seats.  There are some people who don't care about being in a middle seat, or are traveling alone, who don't wish to pay.  The airlines I've flown on lately also offer additional leg room for a fee, which some are willing to pay for (and some not).  However, there are those -- for example -- parents traveling with small children-- for whom having two assigned seats together is extremely valuable.  If you don't value the service, don't pay for it.  But you should also not expect to get the service for free. It's one thing, when, like the previous long thread on this topic, the parent had assigned seats and the airline switched aircraft and mixed the seats up.   I'm with the pp who said they would offer to sell their assigned seat to you for the price they paid for it.   If I paid for an assigned seat up front because I had a tight connection and now I need to get off the plane quickly, I might not trade at all.  [/quote]

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