Popular airline offers passengers to buy a free adjacent seat for only $20

Australian airline Qantas allows customers to buy a free seat next to them. The cost of such pleasure is only $20. The edition told in more detail Travel and Leisure.

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Offered as a pilot program on select domestic flights, the 'Seat Next Door' option offers Economy Class passengers the option to buy a seat next door for between A$30 and A$65 ($20,28 to $33,80). The pilot program is available on six domestic routes for six weeks.

Passengers who have booked a flight where not all seats are full will be sent an email inviting them to buy an extra seat approximately 48 hours before departure. Although they may pay for it, the extra seat will not be guaranteed until departure. If the plane fills up, customers will receive a seat refund.

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The routes that are part of the pilot program range from 90 minutes to four hours. Passengers can currently purchase an extra seat on flights from the Gold Coast to Sydney, Adelaide to Sydney, Darwin to Melbourne, Darwin to Sydney, Perth to Brisbane and Adelaide to Brisbane.

Later this year, the airline will consider a larger rollout on other flights.

Qantas is joining several other airlines in allowing economy class customers to purchase an extra seat. Etihad, for example, allows passengers to request up to three free adjacent seats up to 72 hours prior to flight departure. In 2021, Emirates also introduced the option to buy an empty seat for as little as $55.

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Air New Zealand offers many seating options for economy travelers, including the option to upgrade to a Skycouch, in which the airline transforms a row of economy class seats into a sofa after takeoff. The airline also plans to introduce the Economy Skynest in 2024, a sleeping pod with six fold-out full-size beds.

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