A few hours into a long-haul flight you'd do almost anything to be able to get your left knee out from where it's wedged under the tray table or have feeling back in your right ankle, but how much is too much for leg room? | TravellerAU CPtraveller
Any regular traveller knows that airlines like to charge additional fees wherever they can, particularly when it comes to getting seats with extra legroom, which can sometimes run to hundreds of dollars on long flights.
But after selecting the extra legroom option, the Qantas app presented him with a fee for $987,999,999. — Dave O'Neil April 18, 2021 "I just got on the app and went for extra legroom," O'Neil said."I'm a big man and nothing infuriates me more when I walk down the aisle and see a Grant Denyer sitting in the extra legroom seats."
O'Neil tried refreshing the page on Saturday without success, then returning to the app on Sunday. But the exorbitant charge remained. Unable to get rid of the glitch, O'Neil bravely risked going ahead with the booking. Fortunately the charge went through as just $70 - the normal fee for an extra legroom seat on the route."It was hilarious, people were asking if I was buying the airline," he said.
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