{"id":2168977,"date":"2024-02-06T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/airlines-should-help-families-sit-together-but-biden-doesnt-need-to-weigh-in\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T10:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:14:40","slug":"airlines-should-help-families-sit-together-but-biden-doesnt-need-to-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/airlines-should-help-families-sit-together-but-biden-doesnt-need-to-weigh-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines should assist families with seating, no need for Biden&#8217;s input"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fairlines-should-help-families-sit-together-but-biden-doesnt-need-to-weigh-in%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2168977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If you want\u2063 to sit together with your \u200bchildren on a plane, common sense\u2062 says you have two options:<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pay a premium for buying good seats\u2064 next to one\u2063 another, or grab the very worst rows, which will hopefully continue to\u200b be free at the time of purchase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Some \u2062airlines in recent years have made that latter choice unavailable:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019re going\u2062 to buy the cheapest tickets, you don\u2019t get to choose where \u2063you sit at \u2064all, and so reserving the three or five worst seats together is not an option. That means that a \u200bbudget-conscious family, which may not care \u2064where it sits as long as they all sit together, ends up paying a premium for seats \u2062or asking a fellow passenger to switch seats \u2014\u200b which sometimes goes awry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On social media,\u200b \u201cfamily separation\u201d\u200b on airlines has become a thing, and so President Joe Biden,\u2062 in an \u200belection year, is intervening.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>You ought to be able to fly with your child \u2013 \u200band sit next to them \u2013 without paying an additional fee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s\u2063 time all airlines offered fee free family \u200bseating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) February \u200b5, 2024<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On one hand, Biden is right\u2063 that all airlines ought to accommodate families in this\u200d regard. America has gone too far in the direction of individualism and is now family-unfriendly, which is why we \u200chave \u2063record-low rates of marriage and \u2063birth rates.<\/p>\n<p>Accommodating families by allowing them to pick cheap seats in a block\u2062 (assuming there are pairs or whole rows of seats available) is not costly to airlines, nor does it inconvenience\u200d other \u2064customers. An uncharitable interpretation is that airlines realized that families valued\u2063 sitting\u200b together, and so \u2062they would deliberately split them up unless the families paid to be kept together.<\/p>\n<p>Customers disliked\u2063 this, and \u200bon most \u2063routes, \u2064customers\u200d have choices. So airlines that didn\u2019t want to alienate customers changed their policies.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines announced a\u200c new \u201cfamily seating policy\u201d\u2062 one year ago, \u2062making it easier for children under 12 to sit with their families. American\u2064 Airlines followed a week \u200clater with \u200ban even more comprehensive plan. As summarized by travel writer Gary Leff:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey ask you to\u2062 book everyone in the same reservation,\u200d but still offer to have reservations noted if they are separate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can choose seats together or skip seat selection\u2064 if only paid options are available and you don\u2019t want to \u200dpay. Even \u200dBasic Economy passengers without seat assignments will have seats\u200b assigned together if\u2062 traveling as a family. (If \u2063there aren\u2019t seats available for the entire party to sit together, they\u2019ll ensure \u200cat least one adult is next to children\u200c under 15 on\u2063 the \u2062reservation.)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE \u2064WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Airlines was already doing this \u2014 the company has a family seating period that basically allows families to grab a whole row in the back of the \u200dplane.<\/p>\n<p>If airlines are accommodating families of their own accord, it\u2019s hard to argue that regulation is needed for the protection of \u2063consumers. \u200dIn this light, regulation looks like \u2063simple election-year\u200c politics.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What challenges do airlines\u200d face when implementing fee-free family seating to ensure families \u200ccan \u2063sit together on planes?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ican families \u200dshould not have to pay extra just\u200b to ensure they can sit together on a plane. It\u200c is a basic expectation for parents\u200d to be able to sit \u200bnext to their children, especially on long\u200c flights \u200dwhere keeping an eye\u200c on their well-being is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>However, on the \u200dother hand, airlines do operate as businesses, and they have the right to implement\u2062 seating policies \u2063that maximize their \u2064profits. By charging extra for preferred seating or offering\u2064 free seating selection only for higher-priced tickets, airlines can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youll-own-nothing-and-like-it-apple-is-working-on-hardware-subscriptions-for-iphones\/\" title=\"You'll Own Nothing and Like It: Apple Is Working on Hardware Subscriptions for iPhones\">generate additional revenue<\/a>. This \u2064is especially important for \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-sees-latam-air-travel-taking-off-as-regulations-ease-incomes-rise\/\" title=\"Boeing sees LatAm air travel taking off as regulations ease, incomes rise\">low-cost carriers<\/a> that heavily rely on ancillary fees \u200bto stay competitive.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, \u2063the\u2063 issue of family separation \u2062on planes has gained significant \u200battention on social media in recent years. Many frustrated\u200c parents \u2063have taken \u2062to platforms \u2064like \u200cTwitter to express their \u2063discontent with having to pay extra fees just to sit \u200ctogether with their children. President Biden, recognizing this growing concern,\u200d has publicly stated that families \u2062should not have to bear this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-update-second-of-december-double-payments-worth-914-to-be-sent-out-in-23-days\/\" title=\"Social Security update: 4 double payments to be sent in 23 days on December 2nd\">additional financial burden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 Biden&#8217;s statement does not carry legal implications, it does put pressure on airlines to reconsider their practices. Airlines may see this as an opportunity\u200b to improve\u2062 their customer satisfaction and \u2063differentiate themselves from their competitors. \u2063By voluntarily offering fee-free family seating, \u2064airlines can\u200b enhance their reputation \u2062as family-friendly\u200d carriers and attract more\u200b customers, \u2063especially those who prioritize convenience and affordability.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing \u2064fee-free family seating\u200b may\u2062 pose challenges to airlines. They need to ensure that families are \u2063seated together without compromising other passengers&#8217; comfort or safety. Airlines may need\u200d to reevaluate \u200btheir\u2063 seat\u2064 allocation strategies, considering factors\u2064 such as passenger\u200c age, group size, and flight\u2064 duration. This could involve reserving specific\u2063 rows or sections for families \u2063or \u200bdeveloping advanced\u2063 seat assignment algorithms to accommodate their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, airlines need to consider the potential financial \u200cimpact \u200cof offering fee-free family seating. They could\u200c explore\u200d alternative revenue streams or \u2063adjust\u200b their \u2062pricing models accordingly\u200b to compensate for the potential loss in ancillary fee\u2064 income.\u200d This \u200cmight involve \u200brevisiting the\u200d pricing strategy for other \u2063premium services or introducing new optional services \u200dthat can generate additional revenue\u200d without burdening families.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the issue of family separation on planes is a \u2062matter that deserves attention \u2064and consideration from both airlines and authorities. While airlines have the right to implement seating \u2063policies that maximize their profitability,\u2064 they should also take into account\u200d the expectations and needs of their customers. Fee-free family \u2064seating can serve as a win-win solution, \u200cbenefiting both families and airlines. By offering\u2062 this\u2062 option,\u2063 airlines \u200ccan\u2064 enhance their reputation, attract more \u2063customers,\u2064 and potentially generate additional revenue channels. Ultimately, it\u200b is in everyone&#8217;s best \u2064interest to \u200dfind a reasonable \u2062and fair solution to\u2062 the issue of\u200d family seating\u200b on planes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It difficult for families to sit together on planes. To secure seats together, you can either pay extra for better seats or risk getting the undesirable ones that might still be available for free. Unfortunately, certain airlines have made this task more challenging in recent times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2774,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2774"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}