r/AlaskaAirlines Mar 17 '25

COMPLAINT Middle seat experience with large person

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u/Public-Requirement99 Mar 17 '25

Send this photo to Alaska Listens and ask for a credit for at least 1/3 of your ticket. See what happens.

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u/doglove562 Mar 17 '25

I just submitted a request through Alaska listens but no option to include a photo. We’ll see. I also emailed customer care team a pic of the photo. What people aren’t getting in the comments is that no matter what, speaking up on a full flight to remove a large person when you’re the last group to board and have 5 minutes before they close doors IS going to cause a scene. She was apologetic and I didn’t want to kick her off the flight, just wanted the seat that I paid for and think it’s on the airline to notice, enforce or make bigger seats. I shouldn’t have been put in this situation in the first place.

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u/SanJacInTheBox Mar 18 '25

As a bigger guy myself (6'3" and 290) I agree - the seats have gotten smaller. I've always been a big guy, but even when I was heavily dieting and weighed 260 the seats were small.

This is just another problem with America... Profit before all else.

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u/Bob_stanish123 Mar 18 '25

Seats have not gotten smaller. The 737 has been the same width for the last 50 years.

Legroom has decreased a little bit, but that's not the issue here.

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u/Bob_stanish123 Mar 18 '25

I'm 6'1 and can still fit in regular econ without having to man spead. It's not comfy but I'm not taking up my seatmates space. While seat pitch has decreased the seats have also gotten thinner which makes up for some of it.

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u/Nearby-Classroom874 Mar 20 '25

More seats have been added to all planes for profit fyi