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Off Topic / United: Unreasonable to think "Window Seat" Guarantees you a Window
« on: Today at 10:21:10 AM »
This is another reason to hate airlines and lawyers.
People are suing because they've PAID extra for a window seat on United Airlines flights, only to be seated next to the wall of the fuselage with no windows near them.
United's lawyers, in an attempt to have one lawsuit dismissed, argued that the term "Window Seat" describes the seat's location in the cabin, but not the existence of an actual window next to it. So, when seats are sold and booked as aisle, center or window, passengers are choosing where it is located in relation to the other seats.
According to the airline, "the use of the word "window" in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view."
The lawyers have decided to change the meanings of 2 English words in common use: Reasonably and window.
Anyway, the podcast host & lawyer in the video said he personally paid extra for an exit row seat to have more leg room, but the seat he was assigned wasn't in an exit row. He wound up having to sit in a crowded cabin, then go through the trouble of contacting the airline for a refund of the amount he'd paid for an exit row seat.
Anyway, just because you think you know what you're buying doesn't mean you do.
People are suing because they've PAID extra for a window seat on United Airlines flights, only to be seated next to the wall of the fuselage with no windows near them.
United's lawyers, in an attempt to have one lawsuit dismissed, argued that the term "Window Seat" describes the seat's location in the cabin, but not the existence of an actual window next to it. So, when seats are sold and booked as aisle, center or window, passengers are choosing where it is located in relation to the other seats.
According to the airline, "the use of the word "window" in reference to a particular seat cannot reasonably be interpreted as a promise that the seat will have an exterior window view."
The lawyers have decided to change the meanings of 2 English words in common use: Reasonably and window.
Anyway, the podcast host & lawyer in the video said he personally paid extra for an exit row seat to have more leg room, but the seat he was assigned wasn't in an exit row. He wound up having to sit in a crowded cabin, then go through the trouble of contacting the airline for a refund of the amount he'd paid for an exit row seat.
Anyway, just because you think you know what you're buying doesn't mean you do.






