Apologies if there's a thread somewhere already but I couldn't find anything after searching.

I have a friend who just booked a basic economy flight to Europe with Expedia so that they can redeem points through TD and they were charged $80 each way for standard seat selection. They mentioned this to me which seemed a little high so I just looked up their flight on the AC website and the seat selection fees for basic economy are only $30. Is there something here I'm missing? Should they call in and see if they can get the $50 refunded?