Delta seated his 4-year-old daughter 11 rows away from him on a flight
May 12, 2015, 1:40 pm
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Delta seated his 4-year-old daughter 11 rows away from him on a flight
May 12, 2015, 1:45 pm
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So he admittedly tried to game the system to avoid paying for preferred seats. He could likely have gotten seats together through OLCI at checkin or at the podium.
Yawn.
Yawn.
May 12, 2015, 1:59 pm
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RDU-ATL-MEM is routinely over $1,000/person. I just priced out RDU-ATL-MGM and it's almost $900/person next week.
The article is the typical media baiting its readers into fictitious outrage over a person's refusal to take responsibility for their own actions. If you're spending $1,200 on flights, spend the extra $88 to sit together. Neither of these flights is over 50 minutes long. I'm sure the child was in no imminent danger.
Lastly, the OP's click-bait thread title deserves a giant
May 12, 2015, 2:09 pm
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i see them aroudn 350-500 RT. another case of media sensationalizing and DYKWIA. WSTBST: Want sit together buy sit together.
cheapass dad
May 12, 2015, 2:29 pm
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If I read the article right he did pay the $88. It doesn't say if the PNR's were linked, which is the first thing that should have been done.
May 12, 2015, 2:38 pm
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If Airlines start coding in the ability to select Preferred seats or other locked seats to someone if they punch in the birthday and it's under 5 or so, how long until everyone traveling with anyone else puts in that they are 4 years old, gets the seats together and then calls DL to "fix" the SFPD? .5 seconds?
Should airlines try to get people seated together yes, but at what point does the responsibility shift to the parents traveling with small children to be proactive?
He also says "its the airlines problem to fix" No it's your problem. The airline doesn't care who sits where. YOU do. Could the airline be more helpful? Yes. But then you start drawing lines...is it 4 or 5 or disabled and then how disabled and then it just gets messier and messier.
I swear the WN model is looking better and better some days!
Should airlines try to get people seated together yes, but at what point does the responsibility shift to the parents traveling with small children to be proactive?
He also says "its the airlines problem to fix" No it's your problem. The airline doesn't care who sits where. YOU do. Could the airline be more helpful? Yes. But then you start drawing lines...is it 4 or 5 or disabled and then how disabled and then it just gets messier and messier.
I swear the WN model is looking better and better some days!
May 12, 2015, 2:43 pm
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May 12, 2015, 2:45 pm
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“One of the first pieces of information they asked me was her age, but when I was given the option to select seats, there were no seats together. I couldn’t even pay them for us to sit together.”
No option to pay at time of booking.
He did ultimately pay $88 at check-in to get seated together.
How is this "cheapass dad"?
May 12, 2015, 3:02 pm
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I was gonna post earlier today with the my "click-bait" title...."OMG...he didn't use the disability ploy"...but, I thought better of it....lol. If he would have just been patient.....the GA would seat together...since there was, supposedly, many open seats. Guess he was too preoccupied with his Google Glass.
May 12, 2015, 3:16 pm
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There is an article per day about some parent who failed to take responsibility for their child's welfare and then blames an air carrier (train operator, bus company, hotel, and so on) for ruining their life, the child's chances of being productive in life or whatever.
A media starved for stories runs this stuff and OP who knows nothing about the facts and wasn't even present when it happened, posts a link on FT with a big thumbs down.
A media starved for stories runs this stuff and OP who knows nothing about the facts and wasn't even present when it happened, posts a link on FT with a big thumbs down.
May 12, 2015, 3:20 pm
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BA has a great policy with respect to families;
Reserving your seats
If you'd like to make sure the whole family has the seats of their choice, you can reserve them in advance.
View our seating page to find out if you can book your seat for free or if there is a charge.
If you decide not to select your seats in advance, we'll allocate your seats five days before departure. If the group can't be seated together, all children in your booking will be seated with an accompanying adult.
Reserving your seats
If you'd like to make sure the whole family has the seats of their choice, you can reserve them in advance.
View our seating page to find out if you can book your seat for free or if there is a charge.
If you decide not to select your seats in advance, we'll allocate your seats five days before departure. If the group can't be seated together, all children in your booking will be seated with an accompanying adult.
May 12, 2015, 3:31 pm
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If i buy a regular seat and only e+ is available, the airline will assign e+ at check in for free.
Common sense suggests that if a pair of seats is not available to parent and toddler at purchase, during check in e+ should be assigned free of charge.
Common sense suggests that if a pair of seats is not available to parent and toddler at purchase, during check in e+ should be assigned free of charge.