Dawn Gilbertson
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1,100 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2022
last heard Feb 2025
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This is a perk that they see for their frequent customers.
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So they get to pick these seats, whether it's the preferred seats or the pricier seats that come with extra leg room, they generally get free access to these.
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But I'm also hearing from travelers that in a lot of cases, depending on your level of your status, they're cutting down on those perks too.
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Well, if you've decided either that you cannot fathom the thought of, you know, sitting in a middle seat cross country and you're going to pay a fee of any sort, you know, a preferred fee.
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One thing I learned from shopping these different websites recently for this column is it's really important, you know, see if upgrading, really upgrading like to an extra legroom seat might not be that much more.
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And then to me, then you're getting value for that seat fee.
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So the difference is a preferred seat is simply a seat an airline deems preferred.
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It has standard legroom.
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There's nothing different about it than any other seat on the plane.
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But airlines also have this next category of seats in the economy cabin, or most major airlines have it.
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They usually have the word plus in them, economy plus, comfort plus.
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American calls it main cabin extra.
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And in those cases, you get something.
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At a very minimum, you get extra legroom.
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But in the case of Delta and American, when you buy up, and again, it's not a small buy up, but when you buy up, you also get free alcoholic beverages.
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Yes, exactly.
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Yes, that generated a lot of headlines when it was introduced right before the holiday season.
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It is still in committee.
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I mean, they are calling for more disclosure on these fees and also maybe some limits on the size of the fees, not just seat fees, by the way, but they specifically did mention seat fees as I don't think a lot of people are aware of how high these can go.
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Thanks very much for having me.
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