13 only? I'd like that option all the way to 18. 1) 14 year olds can be harassed or taken advantage of. 2) If I'm legally responsible for their behavior, I want to be nearby.
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Between this and the airbag thing, the USA just continues to blow my mind like, "Just when you couldn't think they couldn't be second-class citizens any more..... BAM!!! Here's some shit developed nations didn't even consider could be a thing."
We'd send aid, but with that GDP, just assumed everyone super rich. You're all super rich, right? Well looked after? Healthy? Educated?... Aight I'll stop.
You're all (mostly) actually really nice people and don't deserve this shit. Excellent huggers too.
Glad you qualified it with "mostly." I hate this hell hole and can't wait to leave.
Just curious: Where do you plan on going?
My girlfriend is Mexican. Her family have property all over the country. She's also a Chilean resident. We're considering Santiago. (Mexico is a mess most places.) I've also considered a few locations near the Spain/France border, but that would take more effort.
I'm an independent consultant and can work anywhere.
Ahhh, that’s a nice set up. Lucky! Really, I was asking because people love to say “fuck this country, I’m going to another!”, without really taking into consideration the figurative mountain you will have to climb to get there. That is to say, it’s extremely difficult to immigrate out of the US.
Also, I’d love a job like that. I’d be more interested in WFH flat out, but being able to do “whatever you want” and not have that negatively impact work would be nice as well.
Most Americans are so fucking brainwashed to think this the best country. Tell me you've never been overseas without saying you've never left the country.
Every time I return, I go into a massive depression.
I know it all too well, from liberals to conservatives. I’ve been out of the country only a handful of times and it’s pretty incredible experiencing other cities. I’ve only been to London, Frankfurt and Venice, but it’s so cool not having a car and not needing it. There are some examples of that in the US, but it is NOT the norm.
Not to mention the violence (or, lack thereof comparatively)
Ooo. Near the Spain/France border is where I want to be. Climbing, wine, a melting pot of culture, and the beautiful Pyrenees range.
Mostly is a bit generous, honestly.
I give it about 4 minutes before airlines add a completely unrelated fee and a credit for not picking seats.
put a ban on rubbish fees to pick your seats all together
So I don't get all this. Everything I buy tickets, I choose my seats unless I fly southwest. And even they are going to move to assigned seats.
Is this a new thing that you don't get to pick your seats on some airlines? And if so, do they not seat everyone in your reservation together?
You've never flown budget airlines like Frontier, Spirit then. They'll charge you $20-$100 to pick seats (per seat)
And also even on mainline carriers like American/Delta with Basic Economy fares they do much the same
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So I don’t get all this. Everything I buy tickets, I choose my seats unless I fly southwest. And even they are going to move to assigned seats.
At least when my kids were young, you'd have to pay extra to pick a seat, at least if you purchased through Expedia or Travelocity.
And if so, do they not seat everyone in your reservation together?
You know how you print your boarding pass and it has your seats? When my kids were young on multiple trips via United, AA and Delta, the boarding pass would not have a seat assignment and we'd have to go the gate agent at every gate, even on the same airline if it was not a direct flight and get our seats assigned last minute. So no, we weren't always seated together. On one flight, none of us were in the same row with anyone in our family.
Since we were scraping by back then we always booked months in advance for cheaper tickets. I thought originally it was a fluke with just United but after the next trip, I had learned to pay extra and pick seats ahead of time.
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Seat selections are extra most of the time. If I'm traveling on a budget the cost of the seat is the same as a meal so I don't pick it
The worst offender is Turkish airlines that charges $40 per person per leg of trip, so I'd need to pay $160 to pick seats for my upcoming trip to SEA
Lately, airlines tend to separate travellers who reserve together, probably so they'll spend extra to change seats.
Do you have a source on SW moving to assigned seats? That’s devastating news to me :(
Early next year.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/southwest-seating-change-what-it-means/
There's hundreds of stories on this, not sure what the best news source is for this info, but there's a ton.
Inb4 the airline companies cry "Chevron" and the Supreme Court gets to ~~decide~~ strike it down.
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If they don't have this instituted already, if I were a parent, I'd say "Yeah, ok. You can keep me not seated with my kid. But what are you going ho do when they start crying, and kicking and punching because they're in an unfirmiliar environment, surrounded by strangers, with no firmiliar faces? How are YOU going to calm my kids down? Because you're saying right now that you're taking away MY ability to do so, so then it just becomes YOUR legal responsibility who he hits, or kicks, or bites, because he's scared. Because what are YOU going to do? Smack a kid? You think you could calm him down without violence? The whole reason he's scared is because planes are scary, and strangers are scary. You think you, a stranger, will in any way help the situation? Oh, you just found seats together for us? Yeah. I thought so."
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Makes sense. Otherwise, the flight attendants end up having to ask for volunteers to play musical chairs to make sure they have a place to sit together.
I'd pay not to sit next to kids.
Maybe that's the route they should take. Doesn't even matter if you're a parent, perhaps you're just sick of the little shits
You mean you dont enjoy getting your seat kicked while listening to wailing for hours in a cramped cabin?
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On flights with sufficient seating, I’ve seen families shuffle themselves around to find seating together. Glad there will be a better way to do this now
Biden ordered the FAA to tell airlines to not charge to seat families with young kids together. This was respected by most airlines, but not all, I think. Alaska Airlines, at least, was good about it, but it was annoying since you always had to do it at the gate and was subject to availability.
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