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Which airlines? Any in the US?

by soheil 5y ago

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
Pretty sure all of them do. Here is United's policy: https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/special-needs/extra-seating.html https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/special-needs/ex...
- soheil 5y ago
  Interesting how nowhere in there it mentions the words overweight or fat.
  - mannerheim 5y ago
    That would be a rather rude way of putting things; generally you want to avoid insulting your customers.
    - hulitu 5y ago
      But you want to use any aspect of them to rip them off. Hello Sir, unfortunately we do have small seats so you will have to book also another free seat in the back of the plane and the seat next to it and because you need to seat down also the 2 seats in front of you. Thank for flying XXX Airlanes.
      - 542354234235 5y ago
        Anyone could choose to pay to fly in big roomy seats. It’s called business and first class. People do not want to do that, which is why people not only keep buying tickets in economy, but buy tickets on budget airlines that are even more cramped, less comfortable, and have less amenities. You are renting space on the plane for the duration of your trip. If you want more space, you are free to purchase it. If you deliberately chose to purchase a seat you know does not fit your needs, then attempt to steal space from the person next to you, then you are the bad guy. Not the airline. If you think you deserve to be gifted free additional space you did not pay for, then you are the bad guy.
  - junon 5y ago
    Because not all large people are overweight or fat.
  - spoonjim 5y ago
    It’s nothing to do with being overweight... it’s about whether your person impinges upon the seat real estate of the paying customer sitting next to you. If you were as dense as a bowling ball but the size of Ruth Bader Ginsburg they would certainly need to burn more fuel for you but that’s not what the upcharge is for.
    - soheil 5y ago
      You create a fictional world to make your narrative fit. People generally have the same density. It's odd to assume some people could be as dense as a balloon and some as a bowling ball, all the while ignoring that weight is by and large the determining factor when it comes to impinging upon the seat real estate of those sitting next to you.
      - bagacrap 5y ago
        people most certainly don't have the same density. If your body fat is <10% you will not easily float in water, whereas if you're 30%+ you're basically an inner tube. However that is beside OP's point. Someone like Lebron James is not overweight but it's entirely possible he would need to buy two tickets.
      - spoonjim 5y ago
        I’m not saying that the two aren’t closely correlated... I’m saying that the policy isn’t there to punish fat people, it’s to protect the experience of the other people on the plane. A person shouldn’t pay full price for a ticket and then lose some of their already minimal real estate to another passenger.

Which airlines? Any in the US?

by soheil 5y ago

Which airlines? Any in the US?

Pretty sure all of them do. Here is United's policy: https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/special-needs/extra-seating.html https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/special-needs/ex...

soheil 5y ago
Interesting how nowhere in there it mentions the words overweight or fat.
- mannerheim 5y ago
  That would be a rather rude way of putting things; generally you want to avoid insulting your customers.
  - hulitu 5y ago
    But you want to use any aspect of them to rip them off. Hello Sir, unfortunately we do have small seats so you will have to book also another free seat in the back of the plane and the seat next to it and because you need to seat down also the 2 seats in front of you. Thank for flying XXX Airlanes.
    - 542354234235 5y ago
      Anyone could choose to pay to fly in big roomy seats. It’s called business and first class. People do not want to do that, which is why people not only keep buying tickets in economy, but buy tickets on budget airlines that are even more cramped, less comfortable, and have less amenities. You are renting space on the plane for the duration of your trip. If you want more space, you are free to purchase it. If you deliberately chose to purchase a seat you know does not fit your needs, then attempt to steal space from the person next to you, then you are the bad guy. Not the airline. If you think you deserve to be gifted free additional space you did not pay for, then you are the bad guy.
- junon 5y ago
  Because not all large people are overweight or fat.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  It’s nothing to do with being overweight... it’s about whether your person impinges upon the seat real estate of the paying customer sitting next to you. If you were as dense as a bowling ball but the size of Ruth Bader Ginsburg they would certainly need to burn more fuel for you but that’s not what the upcharge is for.
  - soheil 5y ago
    You create a fictional world to make your narrative fit. People generally have the same density. It's odd to assume some people could be as dense as a balloon and some as a bowling ball, all the while ignoring that weight is by and large the determining factor when it comes to impinging upon the seat real estate of those sitting next to you.
    - bagacrap 5y ago
      people most certainly don't have the same density. If your body fat is <10% you will not easily float in water, whereas if you're 30%+ you're basically an inner tube. However that is beside OP's point. Someone like Lebron James is not overweight but it's entirely possible he would need to buy two tickets.
    - spoonjim 5y ago
      I’m not saying that the two aren’t closely correlated... I’m saying that the policy isn’t there to punish fat people, it’s to protect the experience of the other people on the plane. A person shouldn’t pay full price for a ticket and then lose some of their already minimal real estate to another passenger.