Vistara to soon let you keep adjacent seat vacant by booking it at discount

NEW DELHI: Vistara will soon let you book the adjacent seat to keep it vacant for flying in these pandemic times, for a discount. Vinod Kannan, the full service carrier’s chief commercial officer (CCO), said the airline has started this practice in the offline mode where two seats can be booked together by a passenger — one for being kept vacant — through travel agents but at the normal price for two seats.
“As of now it is being charged like another seat. But we are going to incentivise it by offering a discount for the second seat someone is buying to keep it vacant. That is in the works,” Kannan said.
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