[elektro] Airlines Looking to Make Window or Aisle Seats a Costly Luxury

[News]

 If you're planning a summer flight and have your sights set on a window seat or aisle seat, you should prepare to cough up some extra dough.

More and more of the major airlines are now considering those economy seats a luxury and are looking at new ways to charge passengers for them.

Scott Mayerowitz, an airline expert with the Associated Press, told ABC News today that passengers on low-cost carriers like Spirit Airlines had to pay for seat assignments in advance or risk having the airline put them in whatever seat is available.

Other airlines have followed suit, charging fliers in some way for a good seat. Southwest, which doesn't assign seats, recently increased the price of its early boarding by 20 percent. It now charges passengers $15 each way to board the plane first to improve their chances of getting a good seat.