My husband and I have booked a rt flight from INd to MCO in May. I've not flown since the late 90s so I'm a smidge rusty on the whole process! But when we booked, he did not choose seats. He did purchase 2 checked bags.

I'm waffling on purchasing the Perks for the additional carry on allowance plus stretch seating. He is all about the cheap and leaving things as is. We can pack appropriately to avoid needing carryons beyond personal items. The extra space would be nice for any junk we buy in Disney of course. I'm more concerned with seating assignments. How likely are we to be assigned next to each other? Will checking in promptly at the 24 the mark impact likelihood?

I guess the main question is do I follow his desire for cheap or mine for security? No one can answer that for me lol! But having an idea of seating assignment processes would help me decide. Thanks for any input!

MB - it depends on how full your flight is, how many people have selected seats in advance etc... sitting together will be based on this, primarily. When traveling alone, I usually do not select seats with F9 and almost always have gotten a stretch select seat.

When traveling with the spouse, I always and I do mean always purchase the upgrade package, we get the seats we want, extra luggage space and check-in and fare refund-ability. My peace of mind, solely.

Anecdotally, twice we had to change flight times or days for a cruise, with the refund aspect I was covered as one time the fare dropped drastically so I could hop on it.

If sitting together matters, get to the airport to check in as early as F9 opens for check-in.

If price is the issue, pay (a little more) at the airport for any additional bags you may have extra.

Safe travels....