Ask the Seat Expert » seat belt extender http://seatexpert.com/blogs/ask_the_seat_expert Just another SeatExpertBlogs weblog Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Seatbelt extenders when flying US Airways? http://seatexpert.com/blogs/ask_the_seat_expert/2009/04/26/seatbelt-extenders-when-flying-us-airways/ http://seatexpert.com/blogs/ask_the_seat_expert/2009/04/26/seatbelt-extenders-when-flying-us-airways/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:23:19 +0000 The Seat Expert http://seatexpert.com/blogs/ask_the_seat_expert/?p=208 You might want to ask the flight attendant for a seat-belt extender as soon as you board the plane, and also, if possible, try to select an aisle seat for slightly easier access. Most airlines do not charge for an extra seat, especially if the passenger is able to fit in the seat without requiring the arm-rests to be raised. In the current economic crisis, more flights are flying with relatively empty cabins, so you might actually get to enjoy an adjacent vacant seat. Of course, individual flights can have very different loads, it is basically the luck of the draw.

US Airways does not appear to have a specific policy regarding customer-of-size. Southwest Airlines is the only airline that routinely requires customer-of-size to purchase an additional ticket, and refund the second ticket if the plane does not leave the gate with every seat occupied.
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