{"id":87736,"date":"2012-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/klm-to-trial-social-seating\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:50:28","slug":"klm-to-trial-social-seating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/klm-to-trial-social-seating\/","title":{"rendered":"KLM to Trial Social Seating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22132\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22132\" alt=\"Making friends\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/2230236391_bc89d89308_z.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Jeff Bauche._.\u00b7\u00b4\u00af)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dutch national carrier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/lp\/airlines\/klm-airlines\">KLM<\/a> is going to take social networking to the next level. \u00a0People who always beg check agents to seat them next to someone attractive will not have to do so any longer. From early 2012 <strong>KLM<\/strong> passengers will be able to choose their in-flight neighbour themselves through <strong>Facebook<\/strong> or <strong>Linkedin<\/strong>, two of the major social networking websites around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KLM <\/strong>Passengers can choose to open their profile for check-in so that they can pick someone to sit next to with similar interests in business or personal lives. <strong>KLM<\/strong> sees it as a perfect way to network on a business level. And who knows, it could potentially also be a great way to meet new friends or become travel buddies.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a nice idea from\u00a0<strong>KLM<\/strong> and you\u2019ve got to hand it to them, it is the perfect way to bring what many people call the de-socialisation of our society onto a more personal and less virtual level. And who knows what will be next if it proves to be a success? Maybe passengers could link up their online dating profile to each other as well? Then love will certainly be in the air.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand it could also be a potential in-flight social disaster. Imagine you\u2019ve picked someone who seems great to sit next to and then he or she only turns out to be the biggest bore in the world? You could be stuck with that person for 11 hours or\u00a0more in the worst case scenario. That could turn out to be a very, very long flight. So do think carefully before you pick someone if you\u2019re going to use <strong>KLM\u2019s social seating<\/strong> option as there will be no \u2018ignore button\u2019 \u00a0added to this social networking tool.<\/p>\n<p>[boilerplate bytitle=&#8221;text&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Dutch national carrier KLM is going to take social networking to the next level. \u00a0People who always beg check agents to seat them next to someone attractive will not have to do so any longer. 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