Never seen this before: saving an entire exit row
Mar 25, 2014, 4:39 pm
#46
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I'm glad this was pulled back up actually - I've come across seat savers a ton recently. Great strategies presented for dealing with these people. Like the previous posters asked though, What the heck brought this back up - I feel like there's a good story behind it!
Mar 29, 2014, 2:39 pm
#47
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I have noticed an increase of seat saving. There has not been a flight that I have been on where there was no seat saving. Today took the cake. One man saved 4 seats and only needed three. He was hoping that no one would sit in the middle between his daughters.
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
Mar 29, 2014, 3:30 pm
#48
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I have noticed an increase of seat saving. There has not been a flight that I have been on where there was no seat saving. Today took the cake. One man saved 4 seats and only needed three. He was hoping that no one would sit in the middle between his daughters.
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
18 seats?!!!! Bahahahhahaha. LMAO. I would have sat down, put my head phones on, they would have needed to pull me off the plane before I got up. Bananas.....
"Open seating" which is in their FAQs might be a little subjective, but if there's no one in the seat, it seems open to me.....
Mar 29, 2014, 5:37 pm
#49
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I have noticed an increase of seat saving. There has not been a flight that I have been on where there was no seat saving. Today took the cake. One man saved 4 seats and only needed three. He was hoping that no one would sit in the middle between his daughters.
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
My friend was on a flight from FLL to PVD and paid for EBCI. When he got on, one person was saving 18 seats. He wrote a letter and yep, there is no policy, however WN did send him a $50.00 LUV certificate.
I fly WN just about every month and certainly have a huge increase.
ML
Mar 29, 2014, 6:43 pm
#50
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Ive seen one person save a total of 6 seats a couple of times. If I wanted one of those seats I'd take it. My limit of tolerance is 3 seats.
For some reason nobody ever pulls this trick in Secret First Class. They always save rows near the front (very bad manners) or near the back (much better manners).
For some reason nobody ever pulls this trick in Secret First Class. They always save rows near the front (very bad manners) or near the back (much better manners).
Mar 29, 2014, 9:30 pm
#51
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I often save seats for family members - usually the whole row - but I would never dream of saving an exit row. Of course, since my kids are <14 I can't do that anyway.
I think it's fine to save seats - we usually board 2+2 so we are only saving a middle and window - but a whole exit row is a bit much.
I think it's fine to save seats - we usually board 2+2 so we are only saving a middle and window - but a whole exit row is a bit much.
Mar 31, 2014, 11:37 am
#52
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I started another thread about this.
A pox on all seat savers. If you all want to sit together, all of you should buy A1-A15 boarding. None of this buy one, hold 2 (or 4, or 6 ...).
Or rent a baby so you can board after A60.
OR fly another carrier with assigned seating.
And like I said there - all of these seat savers are costing WN money. When will corporate start demanding that FAs start enforcing the open seating policy?
A pox on all seat savers. If you all want to sit together, all of you should buy A1-A15 boarding. None of this buy one, hold 2 (or 4, or 6 ...).
Or rent a baby so you can board after A60.
OR fly another carrier with assigned seating.
And like I said there - all of these seat savers are costing WN money. When will corporate start demanding that FAs start enforcing the open seating policy?
Mar 31, 2014, 11:42 am
#54
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Then I am going to start my own action. I am going to sit in a saved seat and stay there, even if another seat is made available to me.
This has to stop.
And, if they did an analysis, I suspect that all this saved seats represent a lot of lost revenue. It definitely slows down boarding which increases their costs.
This has to stop.
And, if they did an analysis, I suspect that all this saved seats represent a lot of lost revenue. It definitely slows down boarding which increases their costs.
Last edited by Orwaid; Mar 31, 2014 at 11:47 am
Mar 31, 2014, 11:57 am
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Mar 31, 2014, 12:14 pm
#56
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My theory is that they will go to assigned seating relatively soon. I think they can monetize that more successfully than the current pay to get on early policy, which is really "buying a ping in a poke"
Mar 31, 2014, 1:37 pm
#58
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I am going to have 3 flights on Southwest coming up this fall, going to burn my credit card signup bonus + new dish tv customer points on some flights. My plan with seat savers is just don't even ask. If I see an empty window around the middle of the plane I am taking it. Even if there is already someone in the aisle just don't ask if those seats are taken, don't even give them the chance to say they are saved. Just scoot on in there and put your fanny down in the seat.
No idea how I would handle the savers who put their crap on the seat though.
No idea how I would handle the savers who put their crap on the seat though.
Mar 31, 2014, 1:44 pm
#59
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I am going to have 3 flights on Southwest coming up this fall, going to burn my credit card signup bonus + new dish tv customer points on some flights. My plan with seat savers is just don't even ask. If I see an empty window around the middle of the plane I am taking it. Even if there is already someone in the aisle just don't ask if those seats are taken, don't even give them the chance to say they are saved. Just scoot on in there and put your fanny down in the seat.
No idea how I would handle the savers who put their crap on the seat though.
No idea how I would handle the savers who put their crap on the seat though.