bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
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- Nov 28, 2012
I've never found it hard to pick seats that work for me. I think you are making it sound much harder than it is. I've ran into the same problem on Ticketmaster, but I've never had that problem on an aircraft. Being told I can't get 2 out of 3 seats next to each other.
I'm not saying that any random seats can't be selected on aircraft. However, they don't enforce groups being together, which messes with availability of contiguous seats. One issue is pairs selecting window-aisle pairs in the hope that the middle seat goes empty. That's an especially big issue with Southwest. I've heard some couples stare down anyone looking to take the empty seat, or make the "interloper" feel unwelcome.
http://threadtripping.boardingarea....ples-reserve-aisle-window-seats-selfish-sods/
Apparent some airlines outside the US don't allow selection of non-contiguous seats when seats together are available. However, they don't charge extra for window or aisle.