Oh, we're pretty good at getting an empty middle - high rate of success even before all this. It helps that my other half is a big guy (not quite COS big) and so he's not anyone's first choice to sit next to in a middle. Right now, though, I'd certainly pay to guarantee that seat remain empty. Many planes are flying under capacity, yes, but there are plenty of full flight emails going out. Even before the plague, I'd have been willing to purchase an extra seat on longer flights, but was also willing to take my chances. I'm less inclined to risk it these days - and yes, if I was planning on flying before Delta ends their middle seat empty policy, I'd pay a premium to fly with them if it worked out cheaper than buying an extra seat for my sensitive electronics on Southwest.
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