Originally Posted by sfoeuroflyer

Why has this not been discussed on this site? It seems that people have forgotten that the price of a seat "buys" precisely the space of the seat. Why should some people now be given double or triple that space for the same fare that everyone else paid for only the space of one seat? If a person wants extra space, by all means pay double for two or triple for three. Worse, if some people are to receive three seats for the price of one, then for SW to receive the same total revenue for the cabin, then the airfares for everyone else will have to go up. Sorry, I am not pleased to pay extra for someone else's gluttony. Further what if the plane has been fully booked? Will another passenger or two be kicked off the flight to make room for the fat person? In short this announcement is disgraceful, short sighted, and frankly smacks of woke pandering. Yuk.