CHICAGO, IL – After United Airlines unveiled policy updates designed to simplify the process of booking seats next to their children, parents across the globe began protesting the elimination of the little-known travel hack.
United Airlines’ new policy, which goes into effect next week according to The Points Guy, will allow passengers to book 2 seats together for free in economy classes.
Previously, parents would have had to pay exorbitant upcharge fees to fulfill their parental responsibilities, a shocking concept for United Airlines for many years.
However, in a move that seems to have quickly backfired, parents across the globe immediately decried the move, suggesting it was their favorite travel hack.
“I don’t even want to bring my 7-year-old on the trip, let alone sit next to him,” said Doug Marsh, one of the parents that organized a protest outside of United headquarters in Chicago. “I was able to survive those long family vacations knowing that his shenanigans were someone else’s problem for 6 hours.”
United’s move comes on the heels of competitor Southwest Airlines which recently made changes to its family boarding policy allowing children to board with their parents instead of random strangers because they didn’t have A-list status.
For his part, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby admitted that he’d never actually flown economy and usually left these kinds of problems to his au pair whenever traveling with his family.
The article you just read is satire…don’t get your shorts in a bunch.
Thanks for adding ‘satire’ at the beginning. I can then choose if I want to read or skip. Appreciate it.