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United argued that a window seat is just a seat near a wall

I mean, you could put a window in the wall?

Jason Weisberger
Jul 08, 2026
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A United 767. Karolis Kavolelis / Shutterstock

United Airlines tried to argue that a “window seat” does not necessarily include a window, which is the kind of corporate reasoning that makes a person check whether “airplane” still means airplane.

On Monday, July 6, U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco rejected the airline’s argument that a win…

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