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.

I've been on two 13+ hour flights this year and both times the plane was nearly empty. 20-30 people for an entire dreamliner. We each had about 4-6 rows in between us, and of course everyone was laying down to sleep. I sure hope they don't try to push you to sit up in this case.

> So this means that if the plane is empty they'll now forbid passengers from using 3 seats and ask them to pay instead?

I was wondering what exactly they were offering, and to my surprise this what I would do after the seating process and the snacks were handed out. Typically the lights would be low and people moving about made it easier to ID.

I was asked not to do that since in about 15+ international long haul flights, with various airliners but other than that I thought it just made more sense if there were 2-3 of us on a single row while there unused rows in the back.

Yes, because capitalism always finds ways to monetize, even on things that were thought to be free.