Air New Zealand has been doing this for a long time, the call it a sky couch.
Lufthansa trialing lie-flat Economy seat concept
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#12So this means that if the plane is empty they'll now forbid passengers from using 3 seats and ask them to pay instead?
Yes, because capitalism always finds ways to monetize, even on things that were thought to be free.
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#13I was expecting some kind of fancy seats, like business class but more packed. It's simply about sleeping sideway on 3 or 4 normal seats because these flights are far from being full.
Sounds great if you're short. There's nothing pleasant about that for anyone over 6 feet (1.8 m), I've tried. I'd rather sleep sitting up.
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#14I was expecting some kind of fancy seats, like business class but more packed. It's simply about sleeping sideway on 3 or 4 normal seats because these flights are far from being full.
Sounds great if you're short. There's nothing pleasant about that for anyone over 6 feet (1.8 m), I've tried. I'd rather sleep sitting up.
Agreed. I’m 5’6”/167cm and the full length of seats will fit me. I’ve been able to fly “poor man’s business class” a few times and found it comfortable on Delta and Southwest without any extra padding.
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#15So this means that if the plane is empty they'll now forbid passengers from using 3 seats and ask them to pay instead?
More likely, now it is not going to be a pure luck to find yourself in the position where you are sitting along in 3 seats, but you will need to pay for this privilege + as a bonus you get pillow and blanket.
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#16So this means that if the plane is empty they'll now forbid passengers from using 3 seats and ask them to pay instead?
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#17Air New Zealand has been doing this for a long time, the call it a sky couch. https://www.airnewzealand.com/economy-skycouch
The article mentions this.
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#18I'm still waiting for an airline to roll out proper lie-flat seating in Economy, like couchette/sleeper trains: just stack three bunk beds on top of each other. Unfortunately safety regulations make it difficult if not impossible to implement this, and prohibitively expensive for an airline to even try.
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#19To recline or not to recline?
Yond, my friend, isn't the question
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#20Heck, forget three seats. I would even pay extra just to have the middle seat empty (with me in aisle or window). It really makes a difference on long hauls.
EDIT: turns out it's already possible to do that.