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[toenail]

(I wonder if Air Asia has figured out this one yet)

http://news.yahoo.co...-101349663.html

Great, let some stranger sit next to my runny noses, undisciplined, screaming kid while I relax alone.

[LucidLucifer]

That is an appalling practise on the part of the airlines, and I hope it backfires and costs them dearly in lost revenue.

Edited by LucidLucifer, Today, 09:03 .

[beano2274]

The one thing I hated recently was BA, can only book seats 24 hours in advance of flight, luckily enough we were travelling together (3 of us) and three seats were kept available for us. But it could mean that a family might not be sat together, not a nice situation in my opinion.

Edited by beano2274, Today, 09:05 .

[madmitch]

OP, Air Asia were one of the first to figure this out, along with the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair.

Unfortunately a practice started by the low-cost carriers is now being introduced by more and more full-service airlines. I have recently had to pay 500 baht each (each way, so that is 2,000 baht in all) for myself and my six year old daughter to guarantee sitting together on a KUL-LHR-KUL flight. I am not sure how long they have been charging for this. I didn't bother with the Phuket to KL return legs, even at a bargain 200 baht.

[FarangBuddha]

beano2274, on Today, 09:03 , said:

The one thing I hated recently was BA, can only book seats 24 hours in advance of flight, luckily enough we were travelling together (3 of us) and three seats were kept available for us. But it could mean that a family might not be sat together, not a nice situation in my opinion.

Within the same class, people will generally switch seats so a family can be together (as long as you're not asking an aisle/window seat holder to take a middle seat). Sometimes, you can even "upgrade" your middle seat to an aisle or window during the switch.

[mrclough]

Yep, Air Asia have been ripping people off with this for ages now.
Same if you ask for an emergency exit seat, extra 500 baht I think.
I think there was recently an Air Asia flight grounded as nobody was sat in the emergency exit rows and everyone they asked to sit there refused unless they were paid 500 baht to do so.