Originally Posted by willoL

enzian Another option is to book a third vacant "comfort seat" for one of you; then you get an entire row of three chairs for your two bodies and won't have an unknown seat mate. Sometimes 3Y seats costs less than 2 FC seats, but not always.

I'm not tall, but have health issues that make being squeezed into one position for too long--or being elbowed--extra painful. I used to buy a Comfort Seat more often before I started booking First by default.

I appreciate that Alaska makes this available by policy and spells it all out on the website. Too bad you have to call to book:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/tr...s/comfort-seat