In August 2025, two nearly identical lawsuits were filed: one against United (in San Francisco federal court) and one against Delta Air Lines (in Brooklyn federal court). They claim that each airline sold more than one million “window seats” on aircraft such as the Boeing 737, Boeing 757, and Airbus A321, many of which are next to blank fuselage walls rather than windows.
Passengers say they paid seat-selection fees (commonly $30 to $100+) expecting a view, sunlight, or the comfort of a genuine window seat — and say they would not have booked or paid extra had they known the seat lacked a window.
As reported by Reuters, United’s filing argues that it never promised a view when it used the label “window” for a seat. According to the airline, “window” refers only to the seat’s location next to the aircraft wall, not a guarantee of an exterior view.
I paid for an outside seat and they made me sit inside the plane! I demand compensation!
Yeah, well I paid for a middle seat and people think they can walk in the middle
Maybe outer is a better wording.
But the context of this was people paying an uncharged to pick a seat labeled window in a diagram of tbe plane so the outer seat being inside the drawing of the plane would invalidate that, as would the guy claiming he bought the whole aisle.