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And that may be the explanation for everything that is wrong with air travel. People are unwilling to spend more to be transported hundreds of miles at 35,000 feet and 500 mph in a highly complex $100 million dollar aircreft than they are for a few laughs. And they may have spent more to park at the airport for a week.
What If I was a person of size and I literally took up three seats. I couldn't fly?
No. The person next to you is smashed into half of their own seat. Happened to me, with my large (compared to me) husband next to me. So he had no room to give me part of his seat.
Longest 5 hours of my life.
I don't get the cult-like following that Southwest has, but they do have a humane Customer of Size policy that allows larger passengers to book two tickets and then be refunded one ticket after the flight (since Southwest's old computer system was pretty primitive, that was likely some sort of workaround to get desired results)
Some people also book extra seats for very expensive musical instruments or camera gear. Yo Yo Ma apparently gets an extra seat for his cello. Though cello doesn't get its own frequent flyer miles account.
And that may be the explanation for everything that is wrong with air travel. People are unwilling to spend more to be transported hundreds of miles at 35,000 feet and 500 mph in a highly complex $100 million dollar aircreft than they are for a few laughs. And they may have spent more to park at the airport for a week.
Good point. I think the cheaper a product, the more entitled some people are. I see fast food and Walmart employees get abused by customers way more than I see a moderate to high price restaurant or store.
Just make your "antique" violin fly in the middle seat.
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Some people also book extra seats for very expensive musical instruments or camera gear. Yo Yo Ma apparently gets an extra seat for his cello. Though cello doesn't get its own frequent flyer miles account.
Pick up an old student-grade violin at the thrift store, and buy it a seat when you fly. Problem solved.
The key with extra seat purchases is to know that there is a process for such things, and understand how it works. Just buying two tickets under the same name without doing the research is likely to just get one of them cancelled- computer systems are set up to assume that there was a hiccup in the system that caused a duplicate booking and that you don't really want to pay for two tickets unless said process was followed and noted in your Passenger Name Record, complete with second boarding pass that says 'EXTRA SEAT PURCHASED' (apparently how American handles it at the gate).
Pick up an old student-grade violin at the thrift store, and buy it a seat when you fly. Problem solved.
Smaller musical instruments are supposed to go into overhead bins or closet areas on a space-available basis per FAA decree that resulted from 'United breaks guitars'
If the seat is empty after boarding, the airlines will give it to someone else who needs a seat, whether it is because the flight was oversold or because there is a standby passenger (airline employee, family, or buddy pass holder). Unless your ass actually covers a substantial portion of the seat, it will be considered empty.
And, no, I don't think this is fair.
But they'll refund the money you paid extra to book that extra seat, is what you're saying?
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Just make your "antique" violin fly in the middle seat.
