Buying airline tickets

Women can see their neighbor’s gender when booking

Does the world need its own flight booking tool for women that tells them the gender of the person sitting next to them?

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Anyone traveling by plane can reserve a seat in advance. A new technical feature is causing a sensation: women can already see which seats men are sitting in when booking - so that they can move to another seat if necessary. Men, on the other hand, do not have this option.

When booking a flight, or at the latest during online check-in, you can usually choose the seat you want from the remaining free seats. Sometimes this costs extra - but for many passengers this expense is worth it, as they really want to sit at the window, aisle or emergency exit. While some like to look up at the sky, others want to stretch their legs. The middle seats are generally not so popular. When booking in the front rows, many passengers also speculate that they will get their food faster and be the first to disembark.