Still tormenting travelers in 2013. No seat assignments for economy flyers
I guess this practice is not new. However, I have flown on International flights to Spain, Panama, Great Britain and Italy in this same period (2008 to 2012) and never encountered this practice.
The other part, in violation of Air France's own disclosure rules, is that this is never announced up-front. It took me two months of on-line attempts and calls to Air France reservations and Support to get an unequivocal answer.
At the very least, Kayak and the other travel sites should include the warning that at the stated fare, seat assignments will not made until one gets to the gate before the flight.
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