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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by pcl on Friday January 23, 2015 @12:17AM (#8933512)
Don't they put the "no seat preference" option in a drop-down containing a list of city names or something crazy like that?
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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by namdnay on Friday January 23, 2015 @05:01AM (#8934115)
Yes! In alphabetical order no less :)
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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by walterbell on Friday January 23, 2015 @01:13AM (#8933625)
That's worthy of a "Dark Pattern" annual award.
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Re:Gotham Air: Manhattan to JFK in 6 minutes for $99 by mikeash on Friday January 23, 2015 @12:16PM (#8935961)
I decided I had to see this for myself. It looks like it's actually the travel insurance option, not the seat option, but close enough:

http://mikeash.com/tmp/screenshot_F1E1DACD-A595-455E-A5C1-E2...

And it wouldn't let me proceed until I chose something; leaving it at the default wasn't allowed. Very tricky.

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