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deva5610 t1_ja6sth0 wrote

Reply to comment by TheMelv in TIFU by giving away a seat that wasn’t mine. by tomfoolery77

>Call their bluff every time and still get stuck sitting next to my own kid for free every flight.

Sure, but that's a gamble you're willing to make.

One day the airline might not have empty seats to swap you around on to, or someone might not be willing to swap and if that happens that's something you (or someone else risking the same outcome) could've prevented by choosing seats.

It's not the airlines fault is my only point.

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dem0n123 t1_ja7uo7a wrote

It is the airlines fault since they are creating a problem out of thin air hoping you'll pay them to fix it.

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briansaunders t1_ja9e0j5 wrote

Could you imagine booking into a restaurant and not being seated together unless you paid extra

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laplongejr t1_jacl45g wrote

Tbf some restaurants advertise menu prices that always require an extra. But you know, that's called fraud.

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laplongejr t1_jacl1g4 wrote

> and if that happens that's something you (or someone else risking the same outcome) could've prevented by choosing seats.

If that happens that's something the airline could have prevented by either not making it an extra option, or forcing the increased price to parents.

Advertising the low price, but expecting parents to ALWAYS pay extra "for the benefit of everybody else" is entirely the airline fault.

> It's not the airlines fault is my only point.

"I don't make the rules, ma'am. I just think them up and write them down."

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deva5610 t1_jaco61l wrote

>Advertising the low price, but expecting parents to ALWAYS pay extra "for the benefit of everybody else" is entirely the airline fault.

No, because in this case we've been talking about the parents complaining about being away from their little sprogs, not about who might get stuck beside them. So in this case the fee is for their benefit.

If they choose not to pay then that is entirely on them.

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