Originally Posted by
wh6cto
A couple things I noticed:
- No seat assignments until check-in Seats will be assigned by the system and cannot be changed.
- No guarantee of adjacent seats with companions
This seems to imply that no children (or accompanying adults) are allowed on this fare.
- Customers will board in the last boarding group (currently Group 5)...
Does this mean pre-boarding is not allowed for those with disabilities/lap-children? (Probably a real bad idea to get this fare anyway. Even more than for the rest of us.)
Agree it implies no children, but if UA reserves several rows in the back for families they can pre-assign those seats at ticketing, but not disclose them until check-in. The corollary would be that if there are already too many families with children on BE fares for that section (e.g., MCO), they wouldn't sell any more seats to children.
I also foresee more "miracle" flights (those to Florida where a dozen people pre-board with wheelchairs and them miraculously are able to walk off the plane on arrival).
As for not allowing pre-boarding for BE passengers with disabilities, that's an ADA lawsuit waiting to happen, so no way that would happen (at least in the US).