Air New Zealand Wants To Sell Us A Coach-Middle-Seat-Bed Thing
We might be a little premature in declaring a new travel trend, but it appears that selling empty middle seats is the new checked baggage fee. WestJet recently shed a little light on plans to make passengers a little more comfy while cashing in at the same time. Now Air New Zealand, the airline that loves wacky stuff like in-flight dating and body paint, is looking to do the same thing.
As part of a total makeover of the airline—they’re looking to change up their livery and uniforms among other things—they want to sell empty middle seats to coach passengers. If the seat next to you is empty it will be yours as long as you are willing to part with $150. You’ll even be allowed to fully stretch out, as apparently the two seats will slide forward to make some sort of economy bed. They are still hush hush about all the details, and they want to wait until next year before revealing all the secrets about the new seating configurations.
Late next year the airline is going to get some shiny new Boeing 777s and that’s where the magic is going to happen. Obviously the only true way to get access to a bed on an airplane is to pray to the upgrade gods or just to pony up for the obscene fares. However, if we were heading down to New Zealand we’d definitely be more than willing to throw down some of our spending cash on a little bit of in-flight comfort. No matter what, two seats is better than one, and it’s a better deal than the money we usually blow on drinks just to make ourselves comfortable.
Related Stories:
· Air NZ Looking at Another Makeover
[New Zealand Herald]
· WestJet Figures Out Way To Monetize Empty Seats [Jaunted]
· Airline News coverage [Jaunted]
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