Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
"United President Scott Kirby, a pioneer of seat fees when he was president of US Airways a decade ago, has long said paying different prices for seats on a plane, even if the only perk is getting off sooner than other passengers, is no different than paying higher prices for seats closer to the front at a concert or sporting event.
Not even that - it's not like you need a view of the cockpit door here. And people don't pay for front row seats at a concert or sporting event to get out the door faster.
I'm pretty sure that when I buy a ticket for our local sports team [Go Tribe!], the price is shown on the seating chart, shows up on my ticket, and I get my seat. I do not buy a ticket at a potentially different price than someone else who sits nearby [e.g. fare classes K, W, Y] in a seat assignment that was not guaranteed.
Random seat changes to UA itineraries after having an assigned seat [Consolidated]
I fly UA because: former hub CLE captive, 0.6M, corporate contract, they go where I mostly need to go and seem to be a somewhat "adult" of an airline. I had always tried to avoid US because they were full of broken planes, eliminated IFE and trans-atlantic adult beverages,and cheapened everything (except the ticket agents who were awesome because they knew the mess on-going air side). I have a gag reflex at paying, again, for a seat on AA, DL, etc. especially for a still lousy seat that I had to pay big money close-in. Not playing these stupid, cheapening games made it easier to look past other deficiencies and just book the UA ticket.
At least they seem to have stopped hawking the stupid credit card.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...d-pumping.html