Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
EBCI isn't required to sit next to your loved ones. It can increase your odds of getting on the plane sooner which can increase your odds of having more seat selections available. People purchase EBCI for all sorts of reasons though.I think it’s ridiculous to have to pay extra for something called EBCI in order to be able to sit together with my loved ones.
We don't presently pay for EBCI when my husband and I travel together. We get seats next to each other. I freely admit because I sit in the middle and the middle is the least desirable it helps our case out immensely. If I was flying with children I may need to reevaluate our plan depending on the child's age. I have sat alone when I was a kid with another member of my party sat elsewhere. As an adult I can sit apart from my husband even if I would prefer to sit next to him.
Ironically the only airline that I've had to sit away from my husband was Delta..which has assigned seats. When we booked our honeymoon the only seats left were apart for the first leg of the trip. As everyone else was on their honeymoons too no one wanted to switch lol. That's not to say in the future that I won't run into that issue on SWA.