Timeline for Do gate agents really seat young children away from their parents in United Basic Economy?
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| Jun 20, 2017 at 18:28 | comment | added | Jim MacKenzie | People will be reluctant to trade a window or aisle seat for a middle seat. Also, people sometimes pick specific rows or sides of the aircraft for specific reasons (e.g. being on the left side flying into DCA from the North affords a spectacular view of Washington; being on the left side flying into SAN affords a spectacular view of downtown San Diego). If you want a specific seat, book the class that permits it and reserve a seat. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 23:31 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | Don't expect people to help you. You're likely to end up with middle seats. Nobody is going to want to trade for them. You chose the basic economy fare, live with the results. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 18:01 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | @dunni Let's not forget that if you ask after they have already put their luggage in the overhead bin, they will likely neither want to move further back in the plane nor move forward and have to wait for everyone to deplane before being able to get their bags. | |
| May 29, 2017 at 7:37 | comment | added | dunni | @EllenSpertus If i would sit in an aisle seat, and would have to trade with a middle seat, i would never trade, no matter who sits next to me. So if you want to trade, make sure that the other one gets at least the same or a better seat. | |
| May 28, 2017 at 21:13 | comment | added | Ellen Spertus | @chx I think anyone seated next to someone else's young child would be happy to trade, but I take your point. | |
| May 28, 2017 at 20:29 | comment | added | user4188 | Do not rely on people trading seats! It's entitled to do so. If you want to sit with your kid, for heaven's sake, buy the right fare. | |
| May 28, 2017 at 19:35 | comment | added | alephzero | The wording almost suggests "Customers traveling together will be prevented from sitting together." That might be intentional - for example to break up groups of people looking for cheap travel who might be badly behaved - and/or over-fuelled with alcohol before boarding! | |
| May 28, 2017 at 17:51 | comment | added | Michael | Well, you can always ask the agent and I'm sure they can make some changes for situations like this. I don't know how the computer "picks" the seats, so I can't really answer on where they draw the line. | |
| May 28, 2017 at 17:49 | comment | added | Ellen Spertus | Yes, I understand the rule. I'm wondering how it is applied. It's hard to imagine they'd really put a 3yo, for instance, away from a parent. I just don't know where they draw the line. | |
| May 28, 2017 at 17:48 | history | answered | Michael | CC BY-SA 3.0 |