The earlier you board the plane, the more seating options will be available to you. Set an alarm on your phone to alert you before you want to check in. Depending on your departure time this can be inconvenient. You may need to wake up early, stay up late, or leave a meeting. Consider this when you are booking your flight.
Since the system checks you in automatically, you don’t have to worry about remembering to check in on time or waking up in the middle of the night to do it yourself. After being automatically checked in, you can download your boarding pass to your phone, or print it at a kiosk when you arrive at the airport.
Purchase your ticket early to ensure that the Business Select fare is still available on your flight. Additional bonuses include a coupon for a free alcoholic beverage, earning bonus reward miles, and access to the Fly By lane at security to ensure you make it through the airport and to your plane on time.
After flying 50 legs, you will reach A-List Preferred status and you will be in the front of the line even above A-List Members.
Even if you aren’t able to find seats together, you are likely to find someone who will trade seats in order to allow children to sit with their parents. Ask around and get a flight attendant to assist you. [5] X Research source
Don’t worry about offending the other passengers in the row, they will be happy to have an empty seat as well.
Once the aisle and window seats fill, the flight attendant will make an announcement to let people know they should take the first available seat. People tend to sit near the front once they hear this announcement.
If the plane does fill up and someone must sit in the center, it is likely that they will gladly trade with one of you for the window or aisle so that you can sit together. If you aren’t traveling with a companion, you can still employ this tactic by sitting in a row where the window or aisle seat is already occupied. This will keep couples from sitting in the two available seats in the row.
Either way, you will appear not to be able to hear anyone or respond if they ask you to get up from the aisle seat so they can get into your row. [9] X Research source
Once you complete your trip you can apply for a refund of the cost of the second seat. You can be awarded the second seat free of charge at the gate, but run the risk of the flight being full and not having an additional seat available.
Put down your tray table on the aisle seat and start working on your laptop to make moving a disturbance. Spread your files across the empty seat. Set up a meal on your tray table. Spread the bag of food and some of the food items on the seat next to you.
You can also lean your head on the empty seat to make it seem like an uncomfortable seat option.
Sell this by placing your carry-on bag under the seat you are saving. Be prepared to be met with contention from boarding passengers wishing to sit in the empty seat. If you don’t actually have a companion you are saving the seat for, you can be found out and lose the seat or anger some passengers.
