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I mean this is absurd. Let's play devil's advocate here though. What happens in the situation where you've paid for the middle seat to be empty but the person

• lagadu 6y ago
  The person on the other side gets the benefit of that. The airline still got $39 out of it. A more interesting scenario is what happens if both of those people paid: can the airline sell the same empty seat twice? I'm assuming it's fine because they're not selling an empty seat, they're selling seating on a seat that has an unoccupied adjacent seat.
  • ethagknight 6y ago
    They aren’t selling a seat, they are selling a guarantee. Pretty simple.