Or will they make their current lowest level have even lower "frills" and then start calling their current levels by another name and increase the costs? Travel is not the same as it used to be. For the airlines to start charging additional fees for things such as picking your seat assignment is ludicrous. Imagine if you booked a cruise for you and your spouse but you had to now pay an additional fee to make sure you were both in the same stateroom!

If I book 2 seats on a plane I would expect to sit next to my travelling companion.