According to multiple online sources (see one below), United seatbelts are by far the shortest in the industry, and their seatbelt extenders supposedly "must be pre-reserved." I've never flown United, but if this is true, I can't imagine starting now. I fit in all economy airline seats just fine, but with my 37-38" waist and my partner's waist size around 40", I can't see how we could even buckle the seatbelts. HA seatbelts are almost 2 feet longer!! Is United intentionally marketing itself as the skinny-traveler airline or something? Seems strange that they'd be such an outlier here.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/how-long-a...-belts-2972596