Fat Fares for Air France passengers

Considering flying with Air France this year? You’ll be interested to learn that the airline has decided to introduce additional requirements for those too large to fit into one seat – they’ll have to buy two tickets. Well, almost : the tax and surcharges will be waived for the second seat as, quite rightly, only one passenger is flying.

As someone rather slim myself, I’m quite pleased to see this imitative. Airlines constantly badger their passengers for taking over the 20kg luggage allowance, without taking into consideration the weight of the passengers themselves. Even if I took three heavy bags, I’d still probably weigh less than the kind of passenger who requires two seats.

Just so you know I’m not a total bigot, I don’t judge my fellow passengers for their size or weight. Rather I believe that if you’re in a position where you are inconveniencing other passengers or worse, putting yourself in danger then having two seats is essential. And if that means paying for it, so be it.

It’s not clear how this is going to work yet. I would like to see a clause whereby if the plane isn’t full then the second seat is refunded.That way the passenger gets two seats and the airline isn’t missing out on revenue because the seat would have been empty anyway.

Anyway, feel free to comment.