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This leads to another awful behavior. Have seen too many instances, including by friends of mine, where instead of paying the uncharge they let the airline assi
by jghn 3y ago
This leads to another awful behavior. Have seen too many instances, including by friends of mine, where instead of paying the uncharge they let the airline assign seats. And then they put up a fuss when people won't swap seats with them when they board. What's worse, often the flight attendants will side with these people.
As someone who always pays extra to choose my seat, no. It is not my problem if people can't be bothered to do the same thing.
- FireBeyond 3y agoDon't even start me on Southwest, where a bunch of people will fill up window, aisle, down the plane, so good luck to you if you board later with two or more in your party.
- brewdad 3y agoThat's been Southwest's business model for 40 years or more. It's not a secret and they do allow you to pay extra to board first. Otherwise, you need to check-in right when it opens. If that isn't acceptable to you there are other airlines.
- Tommstein 3y ago> Otherwise, you need to check-in right when it opens. Does that always work? I flew on Southwest a few times recently, and by the last one, I learned to check in right when it opened 24 hours before, and I still ended up in groups B and C on the 2 legs.
- sq_ 3y agoIt almost always used to, but in the last year or so it’s been much less reliable for me. I think it’s probably a mix of more people having status because of COVID causing the airlines to extend their rewards periods and then more people deciding to pay the $25 ish to not have to deal with checking in on time.