Excerpted from eTurboNews.com
SAN DIEGO, CA - Crowded flights are the new normal, leaving
many air passengers traveling for business or pleasure stuck in seats they do
not want. What if, even on sold out flights, passengers had a way to find a
better seat?
Photo by Cynthia Dial
Many passengers are willing to pay or be paid to swap seats
with other passengers, according to survey results released today. Passengers
wanting a better seat (e.g., aisle / window seat) are willing to pay other
passengers to swap seats. Also, if paid to do so, many passengers are willing
to swap for a less desirable seat (e.g., middle seat).
Of those surveyed, 55% indicated they would be moderately to
extremely likely to be willing to pay another passenger to swap for a better
seat on a flight of 3.5 hours or longer. Not surprisingly, on shorter flights,
the likelihood to pay to swap for a better seat was lower. On the flip side, in
return for being paid, 20% indicated they would be willing to swap for a less
desirable seat on a flight of 3.5 hours or longer. By contrast, if paid, the
likelihood to swap for a less desirable seat was higher on shorter flights.
The survey covered many potential seat swap scenarios across
varying flight lengths and included questions about the prices at which seat
swaps could occur.
"The survey results suggest that air passengers may be
able to solve some of the biggest complaints about air travel, including a
limited inventory of comfortable seats, crowded flights, annoying passenger
behavior, and high airfare costs," said Brad Pursel, Founder and President
of the travel startup Seateroo.
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