Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
Preferred seating zone assignments exist absent BE fares, and non-BE passengers currently also run into the issue when all the non-preferred seats have already been taken. The problem exists regardless of BE fares being present or not. This is not a BE vs. no BE issue as people want to try to make it out to be.
both lead to the issue of kids not being able to sit with a parent. BE because of no advanced seat assignments and preferred seating because there are fewer “free” seats available for selection on any given flight.