I bought three seats at $558 each. Alternative seats out of SDF or IND would have cost far more. And the extra seat space (33 pitch, 18 wide) compared to most alternatives will be nice on a 3hr 30min flight.

Buying was not pretty. I gave my dates and asked to be shown schedules. I did not pay attention to the sort by price selection. I picked low cost fligts at good times and entered profiles saying two of us liked aisle seats and one a window. I had no chance to pick seats. Suddenly we had 11 C, D and E and no way to change seats.

So I called and a friendly, helpful, understandable lady answered 14 minutes later. While on hold, I was given regular waiting time updates.

She immediately set about changing the seats. I told her that on the 23rd we did not all have to be in the same row. She said that my reservations were on the 24th!!!

Ouch. It appears that by price shows you nearby dates not just selected date. However, since I had called so soon after making the reservation, she said that she would call whoever she needed to and get it fixed. Because it was an international flight, she warned this could take a bit.

Ten minutes later she checked in and said almost done. In 5 more she said that the new seats were $87 more (the $558 includes that $87) and that price was less than what the web site then showed for the proper days. So I said Ok and we soon had acceptable seats and an email confirmation with ticket numbers on it. Also VirtuallyThere shows the right schedule and seats.

We are together in C,D & F of row 16 going and 13 returning. Where I'd like to be up front, I have no status there and being together has some pluses. The flight is a non-stop so we do not have to rush off to make a connection.

Anyhow, wanting to change seats likely saved me a lot of grief. I appreciated the attitude of the F9 call center and look forward to flying with them. Wish they flew NYC to CUN as well so that I could book my daughter with them.