Originally Posted by
noahsi
So, you mean there is an actual chance they would split us up completely 1+1+1? or just that we would be split 2+1 with either myself or my wife with our infant? Considering he'll be in a car seat and needs one of us next to him, what would happen in a world where they truly only have scattered individual seats left in the plane? We'd have to switch flights? Or just not travel?
The gate agent will try to accomodate, but cannot guarantee any seats together. If there are no seat pairs and nobody is willing to move, you would have either of those options. If you really need to fly (high-demand destination, holiday weekend, short notice), it's best not to play seat roulette.