Qantas to charge passengers extra for exit row seats

[Cyclogenesis]

Qantas to charge passengers extra for exit row seats

Qantas will introduce new fees of up to $160 for emergency exit row seats which offer extra legroom on long-haul overseas flights.....

Hmm... a big bonus of WP+SG gone?

[Mwenenzi]

Just another Jestarisation of QF
Joyce will push QF towards Jetstar standards

[QF009]

This was actually pioneered by Singapore Airlines and said to be v popular. Sad to see that it's caught on.

[Commuter]

Appalling move by Qantas that takes away the existing privilege of WPs.
I'll be going elsewhere if they introduced it - well I'd just fly BA which I find to be a better product anyway (especially in J).

Another great 'enhancement' to the FF program

[JohnK]

First allowing seats to be chosen at time of booking and then charging for exit row seats. Not many benefits left by being a Platinum.

See what happens when LCCs start something and this filters through to full service carriers. Extremely disappointing....

[Dave Noble]

Exit rows have never been a published benefit so there is no reason for them to be concerned about removing it ( if indeed they are going to ).. no different to the loss ofthe benefit of getting WT+ for WT award price on BA that used to exist

It seems to me to make perfect sense to try and generate additional revenue from those prepared to pay extra for the additional room and may be an encouragement for people to use QF over other options.

Dave

[docjames]

And yet another reason not to be loyal to QF anymore. It really was a point of difference to me when flying with QF.

Honestly, they may as well start painting white kangaroos with orange background.

[Commuter]

It seems to me to make perfect sense to try and generate additional revenue from those prepared to pay extra for the additional room and may be an encouragement for people to use QF over other options.

But they are risking losing loyalty from some Platinum members who may be providing them with quite decent revenue for quite a long time to come?

It is a well-known Platinum benefit and so whether it is published or not, those Platinum members who are affected by this policy, if it does happen, would not be happy to have that taken away.

[NM]

I wonder if they will have a different fee for the A and K seats on 744 economy exit rows .

Its been a long time since I requested or sat in an economy exit row on a Qantas international flight. I can understand Qantas' reasons behind such a move and I am not overly concerned by it.

[Flashware]

I imagine also that WP will be able to 'request' an exit row still, just that they'll now have to contend with the paying customer..