I fly the devil's chariot every trip I take. As we all know, the CRJ-200 is the toilet of the skies.
For me, the only thing that makes it bearable is that as a 1K choosing Row 8 is that more often than not, if there's going to be an empty seat on the plane, it's going to be next to me, since it used to be that you had to be Gold or higher to book it, even at check-in...
Was helping a not-so-savvy co-worker select his seats at check-in a few days ago...General member, no UA credit card, inexpensive S or T fare. The only 'seat pairs' (for an empty seat next to him) were the exit rows, 8AB and 8CD. I told him, "You can try clicking on 8B or 8C, but I think it's going to charge you for them".
He clicked on them, and voila, he was in 8C.
Months ago, those seats would have been X'd out for a general member.
I know these are not extra legroom seats, and my only benefit of booking it was for the increased chance of no one next to me...I thought the theory was great, "If we're going to have an empty seat on the plane, at least try to get it for an elite member". But now it seems as if any schmo can select the exit rows on the CRJ! (At check-in, it was still blocked for him up until then).
This would also explain why my percentage of empties next to me (on less than full flights) has dropped recently. :mad:
For me, the only thing that makes it bearable is that as a 1K choosing Row 8 is that more often than not, if there's going to be an empty seat on the plane, it's going to be next to me, since it used to be that you had to be Gold or higher to book it, even at check-in...
Was helping a not-so-savvy co-worker select his seats at check-in a few days ago...General member, no UA credit card, inexpensive S or T fare. The only 'seat pairs' (for an empty seat next to him) were the exit rows, 8AB and 8CD. I told him, "You can try clicking on 8B or 8C, but I think it's going to charge you for them".
He clicked on them, and voila, he was in 8C.
Months ago, those seats would have been X'd out for a general member.
I know these are not extra legroom seats, and my only benefit of booking it was for the increased chance of no one next to me...I thought the theory was great, "If we're going to have an empty seat on the plane, at least try to get it for an elite member". But now it seems as if any schmo can select the exit rows on the CRJ! (At check-in, it was still blocked for him up until then).
This would also explain why my percentage of empties next to me (on less than full flights) has dropped recently. :mad: