United to charge obese people for 2 seats

[mr_genius]

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/04...ngers-more.html

 

Oh my. Can they do this?

 

It's about time. I totally approve.

[NorthSideSox72]

I am never flying United again after the 1 experience I had with them, delayed both ways on my first trip to Chicago, with no customer service at all.

 

But as for what they're doing, I don't see a major issue with it.

United is awful. I avoid them at all costs.

 

[DBAHO]

United is awful. I avoid them at all costs.

They were the 1 American Airline that flew b/w Australia and the U.S (but I always flew with Qantas) but now Virgin and Delta have joined that route. Nothing like a little competition.

 

But United is probably the worst airline I've been on, and that's saying something.

[lostfan]

[ozzfest]

good

[G&T]

I think either AA or United offers a section with a few more inches of room for extra cash. As far as the extra ticket for heavy people, I maybe can understand it, but they had a show "Airline" on a few years ago which basically showed Southwest in action and the humility the people who were told they would need to purchase another ticket went through was heartbreaking to me.

 

I'm not fat, 6'5", 208 lbs. of rompin', stompin' in your face dynamite, and sometimes wonder what people who can hardly breath or walk are doing when they are throwing down a large deep dish pizza, but heavy people are victims of prejudice as it is. If you ever watched "Airline", you would see how humiliating the extra charge is. I would even say mean. If the seats were made for anyone but an average sized human in 1960, I may sympathize with the airline.

 

I agree on what you're saying here. I don't have a problem with them charging extra as a general statement because I hate having a giant person invading my space. However, most of the people I see are simply tall and wide. Not fat, just broad shouldered. Are they charged as well? Probably not.

 

And, yes, the seats are too small as it is. I'm 5'10'' and 145 lbs. That's about as small a male human being can be in the US. My shoulders are wider than the seat. There's something seriously wrong with that.

[Reddy]

i am so happy about this.

 

so happy.