Originally posted by rmccamy:
... On some narrowbody jets, the best seat on the entire aircraft is in the exit row in coach. Usually, you must be an elite flyer to get one of those seats. If I'm not an elite flyer, and I move into an empty exit row seat after the door closes, is that stealing? I tend not to think so - I liken this to grabbing a better seat for the last couple of innings at a ballgame. ...
Coach exit row is still priced just as "coach" as the last middle seat. It's like "stealing" an unoccupied window or aisle seat if you were assigned a middle seat (say the passenger didn't show). The fares are the same even though sitting quality is markedly different!
