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Eugene

(62,736 posts)
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:23 AM May 2020

Frontier Airlines will drop open-seat fee that drew attacks

Source: Associated Press

Frontier Airlines will drop open-seat fee that drew attacks

By DAVID KOENIG
May 7, 2020

Frontier Airlines is dropping plans to charge passengers extra to sit next to an empty middle seat after congressional Democrats accused the airline of trying to profit from fear over the new coronavirus.

“We recognize the concerns raised that we are profiting from safety and this was never our intent,” Frontier CEO Barry Biffle said late Wednesday in a letter to three lawmakers. “We simply wanted to provide our customers with an option for more space.”

Biffle said the airline will rescind the extra fee, which Frontier called More Room, and block the seats from being sold.

Earlier in the day, Democrats had railed against Frontier’s plan to charge passengers at least $39 per flight to guarantee they would sit next to an empty middle seat. The offer was to begin with flights Friday and run through Aug. 31.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee called it “outrageous.” ...

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Frontier Airlines will drop open-seat fee that drew attacks (Original Post) Eugene May 2020 OP
Guessing they'll just leave all the middle seats open ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #1
Yep. jimfields33 May 2020 #2
Why I won't fly Frontier.... Vivienne235729 Sep 2020 #3
 

mr_lebowski

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1. Guessing they'll just leave all the middle seats open ...
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:41 AM
May 2020

And then just charge everyone $39 more for their flight.

And nobody will say boo about it.

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