So airlines are using “basic economy” on international flight too, now?

Everyone always sees it as charging more but I see it as offering cheaper options.

There's no reason airlines should have ever given all the free items they used to. If I don't need a bag, don't need a soda, and don't need extra leg room then why average the price of all that out and charge everyone? You can see it as nickle and diming or see it as charging people for only what they need/ want.

On the same note, I rode Frontier to Denver for like $79 each way and they have 2 rows with extra leg room. 2 whole rows on the 737 so 12 seats they wanted $50 extra for each seat for a 2.5 hour flight. Only 1 person chose it. The other 11 seats were empty. Seemed like crap business but I'm sure they fill them more often than my flight.

I'll tell you what pisses me off, is they keep trying to charge me to choose seats with kids. If you are flying with someone under 10, your seat selection should be free.

I've told multiple gate attendance they are more then welcome to sit my 3 year old 2 aisles away from me and by herself. Let's see how that works out for them. Is not that I deserve free seat selection, its that the Airline does not want a kid sitting without a parent.

We have done the “basic economy” on Delta a few times. We’ve got the Delta Amex so it covers a checked bag for everyone in the party. The only thing we don’t get is seat selection and for an extra $150-200 per person we decide we’d rather spend that money on a better hotel or experiences at our destination.

We still get the meal, drinks, and everything you’d get in regular ole economy for an international flight.