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\n<\/div>\n\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nThe so called "fat fee" that made headlines about a year ago is \n \n<\/p>\n \nAir France however claims that unlike past portly policies that \n \n<\/p>\n \nThe Paris based company has offered overweight passengers the \n \n<\/p>\n \nWhile Air France is unsure of how many customers will be effected \n \n<\/p>\n \nIf a traveler is requested by the company to purchase a second \n \n<\/p>\n \nThis is not the first time that Air France has made the news \n \n<\/p>\n \nOther airlines that enforce flabby fliers to pay more include \n \n<\/p>\n \nDo you think this is discrimination in the skies or a fair policy that airlines need to implement to secure safety and lost revenue? We would love to read your thoughts on this hot button travel topic. \n \n<\/p>\n \nUpdate 3pm: <\/strong>In response to the coverage their new policy has been receiving in the news today Air France released this statement via their website:\n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \n"As opposed to the information disclosed in the press this morning, Air <\/strong><\/span>France<\/strong> has no intention of making heavier passengers pay for a second seat<\/strong>. However, Air France plans to make one single change<\/strong> to its service starting 1 February, which is to refund heavier passengers the cost of the second seat<\/strong> in economy they have purchased, if the Economy cabin is not fully booked. Since 2005, Air <\/span>France has \n \n<\/p>\n \n \n<\/p>\n \nSource: Associated Press<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \nFlickr: abdallah <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Air France to make heavy set travelers pay more The so called "fat fee" that made headlines about a year ago is back in the news today with the announcement that Air France is requesting chubby travelers to fork over extra cash and pay for two seats when flying. Air […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAir France to make heavy set travelers pay more <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\nback in the news today with the announcement that Air France is requesting chubby
\ntravelers to fork over extra cash and pay for two seats when flying.\n<\/p>\n
\nsimply made customers carrying a little (or a lot of) extra baggage purchase two
\nseats, the airline promises that if the plane is not full, they will reimburse the
\nobese flyer.\n<\/p>\n
\noption of buying a doublewide seat at a discount and will now refund for the second
\nfare in “90 percent of cases.”\n<\/p>\n
\nby the new rule, which begins in April, they expect that some will be upset.\n<\/p>\n
\nseat and refuses, Air France reserves the right to not allow them to board the aircraft
\nat the captain’s discretion.\n<\/p>\n
\nwhen it comes to obese passengers. Back in 2007 a 353-pound customer sued the airline
\nand was ordered to pay damages in the amount of $11, 423.\n<\/p>\n
\nJetBlue, Southwest and American Airlines.\n<\/p>\n
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\n\n<\/p>\n
\nbeen offering heavier passengers the possibility of purchasing a second
\nseat to ensure they travel in optimum comfort and safety. <\/span>This second seat benefits from a 25% discount."\n<\/p>\n