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April 17, 2008

US Airways’ New Fee: Pay to Sit (in the best seats, anyway)

Filed under: Airline Fees, US Airways — Rick Seaney @ 11:08 am

I saw this one coming: US Airways has announced that, beginning May 7, it will start charging $5 minimum per flight (not roundtrip) for the privilege of sitting in aisle or window seats in the first several rows.

You know, the seats we all want. See more on the airline’s FAQ page.

For members of US Airways’ “Dividend Miles Preferred” program, this is free. But, for a lot of us out there, it means paying for the seat you want, or sitting in the back, or getting squashed in the dreaded middle seat. For the airline, it’s $ub$tantial $um$ of Ca$h.

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