airlines would be required to seat parents and kids 13 and younger together free of charge when adjacent seating is available at booking.
They should even go further and require to move other passengers if neccessary, so that the families can sit together always, no matter what.
Don’t airlines usually charge a bit extra to pick your own seat? I’d imagine/hope that there are enough people selecting the cheaper “whatever” option that they’re going to bump one of those.
What I would not like is for a parent to pay for the upgraded seat next to me and then I get bumped to accommodate their child.
What happens when the only way to seat a family together is to break up another family. What if you need to separate a couple who is engaged and traveling together?
Would that couple want to sit next to an unattended child bc the airline refused to keep the family together?
What happens when the only way to seat a family together is to break up another family.
Then their software may be clueless, so it needs some Natural Intelligence [tm], and maybe even an experienced person to solve that.
I am sure there will be a way. Most planes can carry more than 2 families.
What if you need to separate a couple who is engaged and traveling together?
They are going to survive ;-)
No problem at all.
separate a couple who is engaged and traveling together?
we call those people adults and understand that they have less requirements than children.
Fuck that noise. Plan ahead. I’ll repeat what someone else said. Parents shitty planning doesn’t become my problem. I pick the seat I want.
No. Removing fees for parent and young children makes sense, but if I’ve paid extra to choose my seat I’m not OK with being moved for someone else’s lack of planning. Not my parent and not my kid so my life doesn’t revolve around them. If someone were to ask me if I could move in that situation that’s one thing. But even then it would be well within my rights to say no.
Disagree. I have a four year old and have flown with them. I made it a point to select for seat reservations when booking everything. That’s my responsibility and someone else shouldn’t lose their selected seat because I planned poorly.
I’m not entitled to someone else’s seat.
Why? Can people not sit apart for a few hours? I agree with no charging but moving because you didn’t book in advance with enough time to sit together shouldn’t result in others being inconvenienced.
People…as in children? you want a toddler to sit by themselves for a few hours?
This specific thread is responding to this comment, not the original article:
They should even go further and require to move other passengers if neccessary, so that the families can sit together always, no matter what.
Which is maybe why there’s a big disconnect between you and all the comments you’re replying to
