Originally Posted by sdsearch

Late last week I booked a flight (for later in June) LAX-PDX-LAX and was able to buy a window seat in the second exit row in one direction for $15 (roughly half the PE price on the mirror flight in the other direction). In the other direction a few PE seats were available but all the exit row seats showed unavailable.

When did this start? I just remember info about fees for exit row seats being buried in a thread about all sorts of upcoming fees, but never saw anything about this specific fee actually being in place or a start date announced for it.

I have no status at AS; I used to get free exit rows due to my LT Plat status at AA. So I actually like this fee, when it can save me money relative to buying PE.