Originally Posted by
escape4
Bump. Is this practice from Air Asia alive and well? If I am travelling alone, do not pay for a seat, and they give me a bad seat, then I have nothing to complain about. However when travelling as a couple on the same ticket, I was surprised that they split us. When we asked to sit together they said yes but we had to pay. Out of principle, I refused because I did not want to reward them for pulling this stunt. It was a short flight so it was no big deal, but it sounds quite dishonest and I can see how they would use this tactic for financial gain on long flights. I wonder if they split several couples intentionally instead of having them all sit together?
We often fly 3-4 people together. It’s been years since I’ve bought seats.
Since people often prebook window and aisle seats, you will get autoassigned some middle seats and maybe 2 seats together. My kid often gets a seat 2-10 rows apart from us. We don’t mind too much, if we have at least 2 seats together. Never had much of a problem moving the kids seat.
I’d probably checkin for flights when they first open (14 days before the flight), if you can.