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Old Feb 21, 2023 | 12:03 am
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Originally Posted by traumamed
Originally Posted by moondog
When I was a kid in the 80s, my parents brought my sister and I on many family trips. In every single instance, we ended up sitting together (and without any shuffling routines).
This. 100%. I had a similar experience as a young child in the late-80s/early-90s. It didn't require a 2020s-era "technology improvement" to make it happen. UA is clearly just trying to get ahead of regulations and spin the move into a positive PR stunt....
A big difference from years ago and now is it was rare in those days for flights to be full plus there was no segmentation (E+. preferred, E-) of economy. ... So there were fewer issues years ago, but the situation is very different today. Fuller, planes, more access segmentation, ...
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