The benefits of assigned seating to most passengers are often minimal at best. Carriers that do pre-assign seats block the "best" seats for their three levels of elite travelers- or charge extra for the priviledge of sitting in one.On the few occasions that I do not fly Southwest, I'm always reminded that some customers are more important than others whenever I see that so many seats are "blocked" for elite status flyers and not just already taken. On Southwest I sometimes pay full fare and sometimes travel on a really great promotional fare, but I'm always made to feel that my business is just as important as that of the person sitting next to me. Assigned seating is a slippery slope of treating some customers better than others. Don't go there.
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