Bought 2 seats for myself on Bolt Bus, and was not treated well by fellow passengers
Aug 24, 2017, 12:35 am
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Moot point, people are not allowed to stand on long distance busses @:-)
Problem arises when there are pax outside with an empty seat inside
And I was the good guy today when a dumb European tourist only had a twenty dollar Canadian bill trying to get on a bus in Richmond, British Columbia (YVR), and bus driver told him coins only (as is the rule).
He was able to pay the fare and make the ferry where bus was headed, which was great as I don't normally carry change for $20, Canadian or US.
Oh, and this local bus was very much standing room only. I was lucky to get on when there were two seats left after I sat down
And that was at the very start of the route 
Problem arises when there are pax outside with an empty seat inside
And I was the good guy today when a dumb European tourist only had a twenty dollar Canadian bill trying to get on a bus in Richmond, British Columbia (YVR), and bus driver told him coins only (as is the rule).
He was able to pay the fare and make the ferry where bus was headed, which was great as I don't normally carry change for $20, Canadian or US.
Oh, and this local bus was very much standing room only. I was lucky to get on when there were two seats left after I sat down
And that was at the very start of the route
Sep 17, 2017, 8:14 am
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Being mostly UA flier, I am most familiar with language they use, but am familiar with Southwest to know that in past they made pax of extra size purchase an extra seat, while they would not do that on an emptyisn flight.
In case of UA, it is right in the agent's computer, and seat would be purchased via EXTRASEAT, and reservation would be in name of LASTNAME, EXTRASEAT as passanger (LASTNAME would be passenger's last name.
Dec 1, 2017, 5:32 pm
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There are a couple of codes, I am not sure I have ever seen Extraseat, I have been booked as EXST when I bought two seats on Norwegian and it's one of a GDS code that indicates several seats and just one passenger (and must be on one PNR): EXST is Extra Seat. CBBG for Cabin Baggage, STCR is Stretcher.
Feb 28, 2018, 6:53 pm
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I think the trend toward selling extra seats is awesome. JetBlue has been offering it online for at least 6 or 7 years now. You choose 2 pax then when it comes to the ID section, for the 2nd ticket a selection says Extra Seat. You don't have to be fat, you just want some space. As chx mentions above, the boarding pass shows EXST. For domestic flights under 3 hours it I find it as good as First and often much cheaper. It especially nice on a fully booked flight.