Airlines have long been talking about ways to make the experience of flying in a middle seat less miserable. Spirit Airlines often has an onboard giveaway where they offer 5,000 miles to one lucky passenger in a middle seat. The new Bombardier CSeries has even made the single middle seat in each row a little…
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Emirates still has middle seats in business on their 777's and many are angle flat at that...yet somehow they get a pass and you rib UA instead?
@ Bob -- United was a more direct competitor than Emirates in this case. And I don't give them a pass at all:
https://onemileatatime.com/emirates-business-class-seat-update/
If the middle seat is entitled to both armrests then the aisle seat should be entitled to not getting whacked in the back of the elbow by the beverage cart.
Or the coke will make the window passenger have to go pee more, making the aisle passenger dislike the middle seat passenger even more, making the middle seat experience worse than ever.
I imagine this is how Debit's mind works.
Peter no. But that is out of the box thinking.
You should be hired as a contingency planner.
Nice idea--imagine that-- instead of phone fiddling/diddling and wastebook postings, and duck lipped narcopath shots--- one can talk about things, actively, perhaps, play games with new folks, and have a conversation in the moment without techno distractions and corporate hu$tler mumbo jumbo.
Perhaps, it is for non-american audience? Kudos Deltas
I would rather drive that fly the Middle Seat. At least if I have to pee I can find a cool truck stop that serves great waffles.
Great story Ben, last week it was free entry to the BA lounge at LHR if your name was Harry, this week it’s a free “lounge” if your in the middle seat - ha ! Soon everyone will be getting a free ride in a Porsche whilst travelling on Lufthansa no matter what class lol.
You talking about the GOAT Brian Scalabrine? Still remember when he won the Rookie of the Year award twice.
Why the open hostility towards Delta - we get their product is inferior to the ME3 which you openly worship. Yes this is a marketing gimmick but I don’t see how any of this is negative. Better than nothing.
Interesting that two companies that are both headquartered in Atlanta decided to do this promotion in Boston.