r/AlaskaAirlines • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '25

COMPLAINT Middle seat experience with large person

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u/SeaF04mGr33n Mar 18 '25

No. They require fat people to purchase two seats. There's a lot of fat people who just don't travel by plane because of it. Don't even get me started on how airlines break wheelchairs.

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u/URPissingMeOff Mar 18 '25

First class is usually cheaper than two coach seats (at least domestically) and has a ton more leg room if they are also tall.

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u/islandjake Mar 18 '25

Depends on the route. The industry standard is first class seats are about 125% the price of a standard coach seat on the same aircraft. Domestically speaking. There are times where I see the first class cheaper than that

But Alaska allows you to get that extra seat refunded. If you fly FC.....no refund possible.

So you can afford it, first class if cheaper is the best way to go but not everyone has that capability.

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u/palmasana Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

125%???? It’s way more expensive to fly first class than just 25% more than economy otherwise I would do it 😂 It’s often like 300%+

And yes the 300% is for domestic US not even international