I read that, they were still in economy.
I know, the airlines have started playing games even with economy seats, charging a little more for this one, a little less for that. Its annoying. I don’t think its all airlines, but certainly United. If you’ve bought a ticket on line lately you see it when you reserve your seat.
Like I say, many times on a half empty plane, we’ve swapped seats to make ourselves more comfortable, and on a normal airline with normal staff, that isn’t a problem.
How nice that you get to decide which seats you will take without permission, at the price you decide, no matter what the seller actually was charging. Be sure to take over a suite at the next NFL game while you’re at it, and get snippy when someone tells you to leave.