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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, DCUM. Answer this question for me.

I would like to fly to Oregon to visit my family with my 5 year old child and my 45 year old husband. My mom lives in a town that is not served by Southwest but is served by other airlines (with a connection).

1) How far in advance should I book this vacation, in order to comply with DCUM's "far enough in advance" etiquette?
2) If I book on one of the 2 airlines that flies into the town where my mom lives and when booking, I am only given the option of paying $50-75 extra per seat per flight to sit together or selecting seats that are not close together, am I truly expected to pay $600-900 extra to upgrade our seats for this trip, or is it okay if I pick from the available seats and then try to change when I check in/at the gate/on the plane?[/quote]

This is easy.

1. Long enough so that you can get at least 2 seats together.

2. If you are in this situation, you have already failed the answer to your first question.  (And if you are the PP who couldn't get seats together for a Christmas trip to Oregon 3 months out, this year start booking in August.  If you wait until three months out again, history likely will repeat itself, and as Einstein said, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result).

But, in any event, tt likely won't be that much - it's unlikely you'd have to pay for two seats on every connection.  But, if you find yourself in that situation, there are several options.  First, if there are aisle/window seats available but just not in the same row, take then (try not to get the one next to the bathroom) and I think you're fine to try to trade on the plane.  It's unusual that someone wouldn't swap an aisle for an aisle, or a window for a window.  If there are only middle seats left, you have 2 choices - pay for the certainty, or be a selfish jerk, book the middle seats, and go into the trip knowing you will have to be a jerk to 4 different people so you can sit next to your kid (and people might just refuse).  Your choice.  [/quote]

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