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> although if possible groups are sat together At times they have taken this to a new low: upselling the benefit of sitting together. The seat assignment algor
by imglorp 11y ago
> although if possible groups are sat together
At times they have taken this to a new low: upselling the benefit of sitting together. The seat assignment algorithm is probably optimizing profit, not retaining groups.
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/07/30/airlines-and-parents-play-chicken-in-unfriendly-skies/ http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/07/30/airlines-and-parent...
- jdmichal 11y agoIt gets far, far worse than that. I had an American Airlines flight which showed every seat except the "premium" paid ones as full. Since I highly value sitting next to my wife, I went ahead and coughed up the $20 necessary to buy two seats together. The plane flew at about 20% capacity. That diagram showing all the seats except premium ones filled? Complete and utter bullshit. I got a refund in my email a couple days later; I can only assume due to my complaining to the flight attendant about the situation. And I haven't flown American since.