thecatinthehat
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This may be controversial but hear me out.
Has anyone booked a full fare J seat (say in their partners name etc and cancelled just before boarding) just to leave the seat open next to them?
Given the cancellation policies on full fare J with VA are very liberal, I'm thinking about doing this for a long (4 hour flight) to have peace and quiet.
The other situation where this would be useful is to ensure an upgrade goes through -- for an extreme example booking 4 seats and cancelling 24 hours out essentially guaranteeing an upgrade if you are Platinum or using UpgradeMe given the cabin would be more or less empty.
Has anyone booked a full fare J seat (say in their partners name etc and cancelled just before boarding) just to leave the seat open next to them?
Given the cancellation policies on full fare J with VA are very liberal, I'm thinking about doing this for a long (4 hour flight) to have peace and quiet.
The other situation where this would be useful is to ensure an upgrade goes through -- for an extreme example booking 4 seats and cancelling 24 hours out essentially guaranteeing an upgrade if you are Platinum or using UpgradeMe given the cabin would be more or less empty.