From Smarter Travel. Call it Semi-Premium Economy (American), Stretch Seating (Frontier), Economy Comfort (Delta and KLM), Main Cabin Select (Virgin America), Even More Space (JetBlue), Economy Plus (United), Big Front Seat (Spirit), pay more and get more space in economy. Not true Premium Economy with separate cabin and extra perks, but sometimes that's not what you need or want to pay for.
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Ins and Outs of Paying for Extra Legroom in Coach
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We paid an extra $98 pp for "Main Cabin Extra" seats with more legroom on our DFW to LHR American Airlines flight. This will also entitle us to Group 1 boarding.
I've been able to secure emergency row exit seats on UAL on numerous trips to Europe by paying an additional fee. Well worth the money considering we're 6'2 and 6'4.
I usually buy Economy Plus seats on United. My only beef is I almost always end up with a last boarding group and then can't find a place to put my carry-on. If I pay extra for the seat, I shouldn't have to deal with that.
I've also had issues when they have changed planes, or a delay has caused a rebooking. It's hard to get refunded for the extra $ paid for the seat I ended up not getting. Annoying how they collect change fees on the spot, unless it's THEM changing!
I'm lucky as most of my flying is scheduled more in advance than it used to be. Thus I get my favorite, an exit row, 99% of the time (not counting the 50% of the flights or so that I get upgraded to F).
One of the things that went away with the United/Continental merger was Premier Silver access too the Economy Plus seats upon booking. Now it has to be an upgrade or you have have to pay for them unless you are Premier Gold of higher. Bah.