I have to say, I learned absolutely nothing from this, and one of the things I “learned” is wrong. It used to be that the earlier you chose seats, the better your choices, but that is no longer true. American is now charging extra for “premium” (read window or aisle, or more leg room), and if you are early, and want one, you have to pay for it. One trick I have learned, though, is that they open up for free at check-in time if passengers have canceled. When we flew back from Miami last week, we managed to change our previously assigned center seats to windows the afternoon before flight, without having to pay the $34 they had asked previously.
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Have a look at seatguru.com.
The premiums for the ‘good’ seats are especially galling for someone who has been cursed by nature with a 6′ 4½” frame. I’ve indicated to airline folks that I would be more than happy to go through a couple of days of emergency training in return for access to the exit row seats.
Then again, I stopped flying back in 2010 after three crotch-gropings in a row. There are plenty of ways to travel where I don’t have to give up my basic human dignity; flying’s just not fun anymore.
Well, in a true market-driven system, while it seems unfair, weight and size cost money. The other passengers subsidize you when you pay the same ticket prices as them.
Thanks for the tip! Very timely, we are headed to France in a month and hopefully we can get better choices this way