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> I appreciate that you acknowledge the inconvenience to others by using the word chutzpah. Your method slows down, and complicates, the boarding process for ev
by adrianmsmith 2y ago
> I appreciate that you acknowledge the inconvenience to others by using the word chutzpah. Your method slows down, and complicates, the boarding process for everyone else on the plane.
I disagree it is them at the root cause of this inconvenience.
If I were implementing a seating algorithm, my instinct would be to sit members of the same booking together. Presumably members of the same booking are family or friends.
However the actual algorithm the airlines chose to use do not do this. This must be a conscious decision. And the reason for that is they want you to pay extra to sit together.
They have decided to make the deliberate choice to not seat families together.
They have decided that their profits are more important than your annoyance.
- jjulius 2y agoI don't disagree with any of this, nor did I, to clarify, imply that OP is the root cause.
- meowfly 2y agoSo I mostly agree with you if assigned seating was free. The problem I've had twice is where someone had asked me to trade a paid seat for a worse one to sit with a spouse. Obviously different than a child, but it speaks to something else I hate about flying. The airline makes their problems your problems. For example: flight delayed but we can rebook you for a flight that would have been cheaper if you had just booked that one, and you have no recourse. Imagine going to a restaurant and they say they are out of steak but here is a burger, but we won't give you the difference because that's what you originally ordered. What the rule should be is airlines can't charge for seats in the back half of their airplane.