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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's normal. A huge marketing fail on the airline's part. They should market the middle seats as the "normal" price, and the undesirable seats (or no seat selection, you get what you get even if they're not all together) as a discount.

But, yeah ... [b]obviously you also think those seats are better, so why shouldn't they be worth more? [/b]Do you normally expect to order a drink from a restaurant, get a glass of champagne, and pay for a beer? Pay for hamburger and get a filet mignon? No, you get what you pay for. And that's now true for airline seats as well. If they really were "the exact same seats", you wouldn't care about not getting them. Whoever thinks it's worth the extra cost will get them. [/quote]

Um, I don't actually. Hence my complaint. Did you read my post? I said: "which are just regular normal seats that just happen to be in the middle of the airplane?"[/quote]

Everyone else realizes that middle of the plane is more desirable than last 2 rows. For obvious reasons. You will likely get on and off earlier. So they aren’t just regular degular seats in the middle. The people schlepping to the back will get on last, run out of overhead space, and have to deal with people lining up next to them waiting to use the bathroom. I think you realize this and are just playing dumb that you can’t see the appeal of the middle of the plane.[/quote]

You got me! I'm just a real dummy!! Get over yourself, PP. There is no gotcha moment to be had here, I'm just complaining about a greedy airline. You need to relax.[/quote]

Seems like you’re the one all worked up. You will take you free seat in the back row and like it.[/quote]

The issue is that the airlines typically do not make it clear that you have to pay for even a "regular" seat until you are past the point of comparing airline fares. it is things like this that make me appreciate Southwest.[/quote]

Elliott plans for Southwest to charge for seats and they already announced they will be eliminating the open cabin seating to move to assigned seats. Reason is that Southwest needs more revenue. [/quote]

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