[NAGDU] bulkhead seating

Sat Feb 3 23:31:00 UTC 2018

Just a brief addendum to this: the airlines are still required to accommodate you to the best of their ability in the class of seating you paid for if you do not disclose your service animal. 

> On Feb 3, 2018, at 5:14 PM, Ricky Joe Cook via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Is this really allowed?
> 
> I thought they couldn't make blind people do things that other passengers do.
> 
> I don't think they should be able to charge you more if you book it yourself. I should be allowed if I like to book the bulkhead seatting myself if I want.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Ricky Joe Cook & Darcy
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> -----Original Message----- From: Nancy VanderBrink via NAGDU
> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 2:50 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Cc: Nancy VanderBrink
> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] bulkhead seating
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> We’re flying to Philly the 11th and American said if my husband & I booked the bulkhead seats ourselves it would cost more.  If the access desk did it, we wouldn’t be charged extra - weird...  they’re supposed to call us on the 8th.  I hope they will because we’re taking two dogs.
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> Please forgive the typos as this message was most likely generated using voice dictation
> Nancy Irwin
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>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Cindy Ray via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> But when did a bulkhead seat start costing more. I don't regard that as an upgrade personally.
>> Cindy Lou Ray
>> cindyray at gmail.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via NAGDU
>> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 1:34 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] bulkhead seating
>> 
>> According to the Air Carrier Access Act, airlines do not have to upgrade you to a new class of service when accommodating you. They are only obligated to put you in the best seat for you in your situation that falls in the same class, unless you are willing to pay for the upgrade.
>> Aleeha
>> 
>>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 1:05 PM, Bryan Gearry via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Yes, that’s the way it has usually been. I don’t know what has happened. I just arrived in Hawaii 2 days ago from Anchorage and Alaska refused to put me in bulkhead unless I paid their  premium seat charge.  What do you do? I wanted to get out of this freezer (Alaska) so bad, I paid it!
>>> 
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>>>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 8:58 AM, Wayne & Harley via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>> *Hello Brian,
>>>> When I flew with Delta last October, on the advice of a SD owner that is a retired Delta employee, I called Delta's Disability Services to select my seats, I identified that I would be traveling with my Guide Dog and Delta waived the extra fee and gave me a free upgrade to the seats that I had chosen.
>>>> HTH
>>>> 
>>>> Wayne And Harley D
>>>> 
>>>> k9dad at k9di.org
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>>>> 
>>>> *On 1/26/2018 11:19 AM, Bryan Gearry via NAGDU wrote:
>>>>> Jenine, an interesting phenomenon has happened in regards to "bulkhead" seating. Some airlines use that as premium seating. You have to pay extra. I have experienced that Delta and now Alaska Airlines. My Guide is a enormous Golden. Now I have to pay on some flights a very high price to sit in bulkhead. Delta wanted to charge me close to 300$ for that. AK Air is charging me 75$. I never had to pay extra for bulkhead until about 6 months ago.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for all the advocacy you do. Keep it up please!   Bryan Gearry
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 1/26/2018 3:31 AM, Jenine Stanley via NAGDU wrote:
>>>>>> Jordan,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Let’s be specific here. Your big dog doesn’t or didn’t fit under a seat. I’ve had 2 larger dogs who fit just fine under most aircraft seats and my husband’s first dog was larger than mine. He curled up nicely under aircraft seats and preferred them to bulkhead. My smaller dogs spread like dirty laundry in larger spaces.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One thing I encourage people to do at home before flying is to encourage your dog to lie down and under your dining room chair if possible, or other seats where they can lie completely under the seat so they get the practice of going into small spaces.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sure, bits and pieces can sneak out but generally, unless there’s an equipment box under that seat, most dogs can fit.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, the commuter jets and some larger jets have their seating configured so that the bulkhead space is much smaller, floor space-wise, than under the other seats. Once I point this out to the flight crew, they usually give up on forcing us to sit there.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just Sayin’.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 10:31 PM, Jordan Gallacher via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Nope they do not on this issue.  If it was unsafe they would not let you do it.  Besides, a big dog will not fit under a seat anyway.  I have tried and it does not happen. No way no how.  It does not happen.
>>>>>>> Jordan
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>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> <mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>] On Behalf Of Scott Berry via
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>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:24 PM
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>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] bulkhead seating
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Agreed and so we need to be the ones who do it cause no one else will advocate on our behalf.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 5:52 PM, margo Downey via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yeah, I don't understand flight attendants' reasoning about the bulkhead.  It seems as though airlines personnel need further training.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: NAGDU [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie
>>>>>>>> Johnson via NAGDU
>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 5:34 PM
>>>>>>>> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing
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>>>>>>>> Cc: Julie Johnson
>>>>>>>> Subject: [NAGDU] bulkhead seating
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Last time I flew, I was offered bulkhead seating.  The flight attendant’s reasoning, and this is as close to a direct quote as I can recollect: “He’ll be more comfortable because there’s more space and he can stretch out.  Also if there’s rough air he’ll be safer because he can’t be tossed around”.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hmmm...I’m still trying to sort out the logic here.  Which is it, lots of space to stretch out or safety because he’s in a small space.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Julie
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