B3 Via Av U Posted May 27, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 27, 2012 According to a 1010 WINS news report, some airlines have been charging "preferred seating" fees to families to have the family seated together. If the fee isn't paid, the children will have to be seated away from the parents and flight attendants acting as babysitters. I call this highway robbery. Any comments? http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/27/sen-schumer-urges-airlines-to-let-parents-children-sit-together-without-paying-extra/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brighton Express Posted May 27, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 27, 2012 I agree with you completely. Families or not, they should be charged equally. I can understand why some people would think this because of a crying baby, but in the end, it is the same seat, you are going the same place, and I think that your charges should be weighed equally. If a MOD thinks, move to Aircraft Section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted May 27, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 27, 2012 Man just counting down the time to flying cars and saying bye-bye to the cartel woops i mean commerical airlines are now charging. Soon they will try to start charging just to get water(the free snacks/drinks mainly on long cross country flights will be the next to no longer 'free' IMO)or going to the bathroom. I am serious it's coming ladies and gents. FYI. Brighton good job on this posting this story. However from now on if possible please always get a link for the news story as i had to add it in to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTrainExp Posted May 28, 2012 Share #4 Posted May 28, 2012 Soon they will try to start charging just to get water(the free snacks/drinks mainly on long cross country flights will be the next to no longer 'free' IMO)or going to the bathroom. I am serious it's coming ladies and gents. There was an airliner that did charge people to use the bathroom. Don't know what happened to that experiment, but it's pretty ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threxx Posted May 28, 2012 Share #5 Posted May 28, 2012 There was an airliner that did charge people to use the bathroom. Don't know what happened to that experiment, but it's pretty ridiculous. It was Spirit, and I think people just stopped flying with them and they had to reverse it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astoria Line Posted May 28, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 28, 2012 I think that its unfair to charge the fee to families. Families may need to be with their children during the flight (the child could be young, or have a medical condition, etc.) and its already expensive to fly, especially with a family, and the fee would make the flight cost more than it already is. It seems that airlines charge fees for everything nowadays smh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted May 28, 2012 Share #7 Posted May 28, 2012 It was Spirit, and I think people just stopped flying with them and they had to reverse it. No, I think Spirit tried to raise the fees for any additional baggages checked and carry on bags that have to be placed in the overhead bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted May 28, 2012 Share #8 Posted May 28, 2012 No, I think Spirit tried to raise the fees for any additional baggages checked. I think they also wanted to charge for the 1st baggage. Spirit was the 1st to charge fees even for the 1st bag checked. Now most of them now charge them. Jetblue and Southwest i think are the last '2' major domestic airlines to offer for free the 1st checked bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted May 28, 2012 Share #9 Posted May 28, 2012 Yeah Southwest is probably the one of the best US Airlines to date. Most of the other airlines basically sucks now. This is how I and Mad TV can describe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3 Via Av U Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share #10 Posted May 28, 2012 Man just counting down the time to flying cars and saying bye-bye to the cartel woops i mean commerical airlines are now charging. Soon they will try to start charging just to get water(the free snacks/drinks mainly on long cross country flights will be the next to no longer 'free' IMO)or going to the bathroom. I am serious it's coming ladies and gents. FYI. Brighton good job on this posting this story. However from now on if possible please always get a link for the news story as i had to add it in to this thread. Oh ok sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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