IF you’re flying home for Christmas follow this simple method to make sure that you don’t get lumped with the middle seat.
The trick, which was shared by content creator and travel expert Jorden Tually, reveals a trick that has not yet failed.
Before you check in for your flight press the option to select your seat, which usually costs money, and count how many middle seats are left.
Then exit that tab and open a flight booking website.
Choose your flight and go to book the same number of tickets as the number of middle seats you have just counted.
When asked for a passenger name, ‘enter a bunch of random letters and continue,’ Tually explains.
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Click on the select seats option and choose all the middle seats, or others that you want to avoid, and continue.
The system will usually keep these reserved seats for up to fifteen minutes, according to Tually.
In this time check in for your flight and you are guaranteed to be given a window or aisle seat.
This fail-free method works because the system cannot assign those middle seats to you – they have all been selected so it believes that they are about to be booked.
It’s a quick and easy method that takes Tually two minutes and ensures that he has a comfortable flight in the seat he desires.
He recommends that you use this trick close to the day of flight because then there will be fewer available seats making it a lot easier to carry out.
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His video that explains this technique, which Tually posted on TikTok, now has over 1.8 million views.
With most airlines charging an extra fee for you to select your seat, this free trick is essential for those wanting to ensure they’re sat by a window or the aisle.
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As a journalist (or would be journalist) please set a good example and use the language correctly, as in FEWER seats, not LESS seats. Thanks.
Looking for a sub editor’s job Nick?
I’d be very happy to be a proof reader if you need, but be warned I might change ‘I was sat’ to ‘I was sitting’…(even though, I’m sorry to say, most people don’t understand the difference) : (
Must confess I’m one of them … but my pedantic news ed Dilip (sadly leaving soon) might …
This overlooks the fact that when there are few seats left, the airlines will often NOT assign a seat and put you on standby. Then when you get to the airport, you need to wait until boarding to get a seat assigned.