Most of us do NOT prefer the MIDDLE SEAT on a plane. A recent poll asked people if they had their choice, which seat would they choose, and only 3% said they'd be fine with the middle seat.
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The big issue is that there aren't any perks of the middle seat. But one airline is trying to change that.
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Virgin Australia is trying to make the middle seat more appealing by launching a LOTTERY with $230,000 in prizes for people who fly in the middle seat . . . like a Caribbean cruise, free flights, and tickets to soccer matches.
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The promotion is running for the next six months . . . only in Australia for now. If you fly in a middle seat on a Virgin Australia-operated domestic flight, all you have to do is opt into the lottery in the app within two days of your departure.
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For what it's worth, the CEO of Virgin Australia says that she LOVES the middle seat because it gives her the chance to meet TWO people on a plane . . . not just one.  (Which definitely does not seem like a perk.)
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She then told a story about how, years ago, she met surfer Kelly Slater, while sitting in a WINDOW seat. It's unclear why she used this example. Maybe she was saying Kelly . . . apparently in the middle seat . . . got the chance to meet HER?
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