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Dad claims Delta charged him $88 to sit next to 4-year-old daughter
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Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is under fire after a man claimed that the carrier charged him an $88 fee to sit next to his 4-year-old daughter, "Fox and Friends" reports.
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Frank Strong recently wrote on his blog that he bought the tickets for the flight from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Montgomery, Alabama, on the airline's website. Although he was prompted to provide his daughter's age, the airline assigned Strong and his daughter seats that were 11 rows apart, Strong said.
At the airport, he asked a ticket agent whether he could switch seats for free but was told he'd have to pay an additional $88, Strong said.
"Faced with a dilemma of handing over ransom money to Delta in exchange for certainty, or taking a risk that an agent might fix the problem at the gate, I opted to pay," Strong wrote in his blog entry.
Delta is investigating the report, according to "Fox and Friends."
