United gets strict on seatmates of size

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United gets strict on seatmates of size
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Wed, 04-15-2009 - 12:22pm
I don't think there's enough room in airline seats for people that are not over weight. Seems as though the person with the sharpest elbows has the advantage.
United gets strict on ‘seatmates of size’
Policy requires large passengers to purchase extra ticket or stay behind

Effective today, United Airlines has a new official policy that affects “seatmates of size” and those passengers seated near them.


The airline’s posted policy states that if a passenger cannot fit into a single seat, buckle their seatbelt with an additional seatbelt extension, or put the seat’s armrest down, the airline will ask that passenger to pay for an extra seat or stay behind.


Spokesperson Robin Urbanski Janikowski said the airline will first attempt to take measures to avoid the extra charge. “If there is another seat on the airplane that is next to an empty seat, we will re-accommodate our guest in that seat and there is no charge,” she wrote in an e-mail message.


More........ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30227335/


http://news.cheapflights.com/airlines/2009/04/united-airlines-to-charge-larger-passengers-for-extra-seat.html

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Registered: 12-22-2003
Wed, 04-15-2009 - 12:34pm
It is about time! I'm tired of being on a flight and have 20% of my seat that I paid the same for taken over by someone else's flesh- Yay United!!
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Registered: 03-23-2003
Wed, 04-15-2009 - 1:11pm

That's fine with me as long as they keep the seats from RECLINING.


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Registered: 02-19-2008
Wed, 04-15-2009 - 1:58pm
Eventually United will shrink the seats to a size where everyone will need to buy 2 or 3 or 4 seats. There is tremendous profit potential in this policy.
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Wed, 04-15-2009 - 4:49pm

This just illustrates that airlines have packed the seats too tightly.

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Thu, 04-16-2009 - 4:39am
If I'm on a long flight, especially over night, I can't sleep without reclining the seat. Also, I'm short (5ft) and the seat is not shaped for someone so small
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Thu, 04-16-2009 - 8:48am

"the alloted space between seats is too small."


When I fly I feel like a canned sardine. I'm not that comfortable being so close to people I don't know. My DH

 


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Registered: 04-05-2002
Thu, 04-16-2009 - 2:18pm
I'm torn about this.





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Thu, 04-16-2009 - 3:29pm

"Maybe airlines should have seat sizes in S, M, L, and extra long."


Hey that's a good idea. When my DH flies on business he upgrades whenever possible. Oh for the good old days when it was a treat to fly.


"Even better, they could have children seats so they could be contained away from adults who want quiet"


LOL I know your kidding. One time we flew to Orlando & back & I'd wished the children, or me, had been in a soundproof area. It was hell! On the way back my assigned seat had a large wet patch on it. I refused to sit on it.

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Thu, 04-16-2009 - 4:08pm

Unfortunately that project is on hold - or maybe it is fortunate that we have to wait, give things a chance to calm down in Mexico.

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Thu, 04-16-2009 - 4:11pm

I am also short, so I know what you mean.

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