{"id":23871,"date":"2024-12-30T16:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23871"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:59:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:59:26","slug":"i-spent-80-on-an-extra-legroom-seat-its-not-fair-that-a-woman-got-it-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23871","title":{"rendered":"I Spent $80 on an Extra-Legroom Seat, It\u2019s Not Fair That a Woman Got It for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently paid $80 for extra legroom on a 6-hour flight, feeling relieved when a mom with a crying baby sat in a cheaper section. Later, after pleading with the flight attendant, she was moved to the premium section\u2014right next to me.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated by the noise, I asked the flight attendant why I paid extra while she got the upgrade for free. I was told, \u201cWe\u2019re doing our best to accommodate families.\u201d While I understand traveling with kids is tough, I couldn\u2019t help feeling it was unfair that I paid for comfort, only for someone else to receive it without the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Should paying customers expect consistent policies, or is fairness no longer a priority for airlines?<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nDavid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently paid $80 for extra legroom on a 6-hour flight, feeling relieved when a mom with a crying baby sat in a cheaper section. Later, after pleading with the flight attendant, she was moved to the premium section\u2014right next to me. Frustrated by the noise, I asked the flight attendant why I paid extra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23872,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23871\/revisions\/23872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}