Chelsea Badger, 28 years old from Australia, regularly flies from Auckland to Sydney.
Recently, Badger said that using the seat reservation application in the Australian airline company Quantas, she manages to get a seat in the most comfortable rows on the plane - at no extra charge.
Virgin Atlantic's business department, photo: PR
The Australian passenger stated that it worked for her on the Australian airline, but she thought it would work on other airlines as well.
"I can't believe it works, but that's how it is," said Chelsea.
What you have to do is wait up to 10 minutes before boarding the plane.
"After you've waited for that hour," Chelsea explained, "the Qantas app allows you to enter the flight details and look at the occupancy of the plane.
"If I identify an entire row that is free or even a better seat, I write down that number and save it. Although in the app itself you cannot click and save the desired seats because it is a few minutes before boarding time, but you can go to the airline counter and ask politely Change your location to the new location you found. It's so easy that every time I can't believe it works," Chelsea said.
Using the method you don't have to sit in a crowd (archive), photo: Ami Shoman
The young Australian made it clear in the Tiktok video she posted that this trick worked for her on some flights that are not full, but it is possible that the trick will not work on a full flight.
Also, Badger stated that it is not certain that in every airline it is possible to change the seat at the last minute.
"Very smart move"
Meanwhile, over 300,000 people watched the video and thanked Chelsea for sharing her secret trick, many also said they would try it themselves.
"Legitimate to do it" wrote one of the commenters.
Another wrote that "this is a particularly smart move."
A third respondent stated that "I checked according to the app where there were empty rows on the plane and then I just sat there, it works for me every time."
Boeing 787. Will the method work?, Photo: Moshe Shai
In the meantime, the respondents were divided on the question of whether it also works on other airlines, some stated that they succeeded in doing so and some claimed that it did not work on the airline they tried.
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