Originally Posted by
mbg1998
It sounds to me like you want to guarantee that you get three seats in a row for two passengers...you can always
buy the extra seat

The outbound flight was only 6,000 points plus $5.60 in taxes at the time I booked them. Now they are high. I should have bought an extra seat then. Inbound taxes are high ($80+ off the top of my head), so that is a different story.