DougH
TUG Member
As I predicted months ago....$15 fee for certain 'choice' seats. Only constitutes about 5% of each planes seats currently. But that percentage will only go up.
Kay H said:Good thing I love looking out the window. Am now going to have to compete with DH for window seat
JLB said:We flew Allegiant air in January. They charge $10 for assigned seats. We didn't do that.
Being unfamiliar with the plane layout we got stuck going with seats at the rear with no windows, with the engine right outside. Boring and noisy. The equalizer for that was when we got to Orlando and they dropped the rear stairwell and we were first off the plane.
I agree that the airlines would be really stupid to not allow their elites free seat selection.Carolinian said:Just reading about this issue on FlyerTalk. It is really irritating a lot of elites, as this fee is also applied to elites. This is a dumb move by stupid management. Irritating an airlines most loyal flyers for a silly nickle-and-dime fee just does not pay off. Delta finally figured that out with their Medallion changes a few years ago when a lot of their elites bailed out to other airlines. I was one of them, moving to NW. They finally rescinded those changes and fired the management moron responsible, but they still lost a lot of their prime customers.!
mrsstats said:I would happily pay $10. extra to have a reserved seat on a Southwest flight.
I don't think that's accurate.Kauai Kid said:I understand the CEO's pay is only 280 times that of the average NWA pilot and he wants 300 times.
You do have a choice to have a reserved seat.mrsstats said:I would happily pay $10. extra to have a reserved seat on a Southwest flight.