Money may not buy happiness, but now it can at least buy you a little more leg room on United. If you've traveled on United recently, you know the airline offers something called Economy Plus seating to passengers who qualify as Mileage Plus Elite members. In a nutshell, these are people who are VERY frequent flyers on United. Economy Plus seating offers a generous 5 additional inches of legroom, plus allows you to board the plane first. For anyone who's been trapped like a sardine in a plane's economy section, those 5 extra inches can make all the difference between a crappy flight and a fabulous flight.
But United has just introduced a new program called Economy Plus Access that lets you purchase your way into this preferred seating area. For $299/year, both you AND a traveling companion will be upgraded automatically to the Economy Plus section (pending availability) when booking your ticket. And the service is available for both domestic AND international flights! So while the annual fee might seem a bit stiff, it could certainly become worth it if you fly a lot of United domestic flights, or even just one long international flight.
By the way, you can sometimes snag an Economy Plus seat when checking in for your flight at the airport. On a recent trip, I was given the choice to upgrade my ticket for a fee of $49 (I declined).
Happy flying!
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