Originally Posted by
benthere1977
I think this would work on the outbound, but once seat #2 no shows and is divided out and cancelled, I don’t know if it would force a reprice on the return segment at check in.
I was thinking an actual extra seat to keep for comfort (XTRASEAT LASTNAME or however AA's extraseat nomenclature works). The traveler is still paying for 2 seats, but that comes out cheaper than paying for 1 seat, plus they have no neighbor.