Pretty soon even the legacy airlines will join the no-frills ticket market as a way to compete with Spirit and Frontier.

United and American airlines have announced that by the end of 2016, flyers will have the option to select a random basic-economy seat with no option to upgrade, no reward miles or the ability to change their itinerary after 24 hours of booking, according to reports.

The trade-off for these unbundled airfares will be the reduced cost.

United executives said during their earnings call last month the fare is aimed at "the purely price sensitive customer," according to The New York Times.

American Airlines, which plans to offer the stripped down ticket at the same time as United, often matches the no-frills airlines on competing route so the move makes sense, the editor of CheapFlights.com told NBC.

Delta already has a "basic economy" seat to compete with the discount carriers, which, according to The Economist, are doing quite well in the air travel market. Jet Blue also offers a basic-fare ticket.

However, many frequent flyers have bemoaned the decision online, saying the new option will lead to a number of customer complaints.

In other airlines news that led to online outrage recently, the European aircraft maker Airbus has applied for a patent in the U.S. to replace individual seats with a "reconfigurable passenger bench seat," Wired reports.

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