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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:38 pm
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danielonn
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Seat Assignment Software Idea

It would be cool if we could design a system for all airlines so we know if a baby is within x rows of our rows to send an alert to our cellphone or online and change the seat to our preferred seat and row.

Lets say we love seat 10 A or 5 A on the 767-300 the software will do a continuous search until the departure time of the flight. If it finds that your top 10 seat choices are available it will automatically assign you them and alert you to see the agent to print your new boarding pass.

Furthermore if you don't want a passenger in the middle seat it will find you a row close enough to your row where there is no middle seat assigned.

If kids are on the flight it will warn you that you are sitting next to families so you can move. It will monitor the status of your seat and move you away from families.

Lets say you are a family and want to sit next to each other the software could link all PNRs so that way you can be seated next to each other if the aircraft changes etc.

If there is an aircraft change it will send you a warning and a message with a link to the flight map and you can enter your seat preferences.

If you like the premium seats the software stores your credit card and will automatically purchase a premium coach seat.

If you have an upgrade pending it will track the status and then send you as many updates as you want to see where you are on the upgrade list and will move you up and assign you the seat automatically.

Lets say your boss is on the flight and you would rather not sit next to him it will move you without telling you any personal details all it knows is that if Passenger XXX is on the flight do not assign a seat next to the person.

If someone here could help me to write the software we could start a business doing this. Passengers would pay to monitor the flights and give us authority to do so.

If a seat is broken and the passenger reports it it will automatically be sent to the maintenance department of the airline and will block that seat until its fixed.

It will be linked to SeatGuru and warn you about limited space etc.

When you select your seat it will tell you what boarding group you will be in and the estimated time it will take to disembark the plane and go through customs if you have a connecting flight the software will automatically sit you close to the door to exit the plane.

Is this a good idea? Your tips would be most appreciative? We could take on a Social Media format to link travel profiles so if you are both on the same flight it will match your profiles and ask if you want to invite Joe Smith from your company to sit next to you. Or if you need a ride home it will find people who have signed in and say they can take you home. You would then be linked to their PayPal account to pay the Gas and get confirmation and meeting info.
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