"This is about giving customers more ways to travel with us," chief commercial officer Drew Wells said of the carrier's first-class plans. That's eight first-class seats in total. Allegiant Extra not going awayThe new first-class cabin will not spell the end of the "Allegiant Extra" seats the airline debuted in recent years. A long time comingNews of Allegiant's first-class seats this week didn't come as a complete surprise. The company has now made up its mind — and it's going with the first-class seats.