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Airlines have been charging premiums for seats for a long, long time. There is a cost if you want an exit row, extra legroom, an aisle, a window, etc. This does not disappear if a seat remains empty after the aircraft door closes and the flight is underway. If you want a premium seat, pay for it. This goes for people who cannot fit in one seat and those that are looking to scam the system in a number of other ways.
View from the Wing highlighted the post above from a woman who is complaining about United Airlines’ flight attendants not letting passengers move forward into premium seats. She was flying from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to one of the three cities United flies to in Honduras. The flight attendants were right and if this woman wanted one of those seats, her credit card was the perfect solution. During the pandemic, I flew many times where there were only a handful of people on the entire plane. Would it have been right for everyone who did not pay or earn an upgrade based on status to be moved to the front into seats that were the same as the one that I paid multiples for on the flight in First Class. The same goes for Premium Economy, Economy Plus, and other seats that have been deemed to carry an upcharge. This is like going to a concert and seeing front-row seats remain empty. Should you be able to move from the nose bleed section just because no one is there? No, of course not.
Anthony’s Take: People will always try to game the system and get something that they did not buy for free. It’s not fair to paying passengers and sets a precedent to not buy these seats and then angle for them at departure gratis. I’m glad these flight attendants held their ground.
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