{"id":626756,"date":"2024-01-06T10:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=626756"},"modified":"2024-01-06T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T05:19:18","slug":"why-do-airlines-charge-passengers-extra-for-preferred-seats-and-is-it-even-legal-details-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/why-do-airlines-charge-passengers-extra-for-preferred-seats-and-is-it-even-legal-details-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do airlines charge passengers extra for preferred seats and is it even legal? Details here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The convenience of purchasing a flight ticket often doesn\u2019t translate to a hassle-free boarding process. Many air travelers encounter a predicament during online web check-in when they are prompted to select a seat. This step frequently involves additional charges for most available seats, causing resentment among passengers who feel it\u2019s unfair to pay extra after already purchasing a ticket. <\/p>\n<p>The issue raised concerns and was eventually brought before the Lok Sabha, demanding a response from the aviation ministry about the legality of charging extra fees during online check-in post-ticket purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The convenience of purchasing a flight ticket often doesn\u2019t translate to a hassle-free boarding process. Many air travelers encounter a predicament during online web check-in when they are prompted to select a seat. This step frequently involves additional charges for most available seats, causing resentment among passengers who feel it\u2019s unfair to pay extra after already purchasing a ticket. The issue raised concerns and was eventually brought before the Lok Sabha, demanding a response from the aviation ministry about the legality of charging extra fees during online check-in post-ticket purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,130,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}