Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, just tell them the airline assigned you those seats.

+1 Who is she going to tell? There's no ticket with that seat assignment left for the person she bumped. OP is a troll with no productive way to spend their time who chooses to create drama where there is none.

--Million miler flier

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Sounds like you should not be traveling if it’s that serious.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Be prepared to dish out the same BS excuse you used to ask the airline for the change. I hope they don't beat the sht out of you for your BS.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

here's the link my autocorrect added a period to it https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html

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Anonymous wrote:OP, just tell them the airline assigned you those seats.

+1 Who is she going to tell? There's no ticket with that seat assignment left for the person she bumped. OP is a troll with no productive way to spend their time who chooses to create drama where there is none.

--Million miler flier

+2 I fly weekly. If they change someone's seat assignment, no one is going to threaten you, because they will already have a new one. I would suggest you get therapy for this anxiety you have...or this unproductive trolling.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

I haven't seen any responses aware of the medical request form and all those reasons?

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Anonymous wrote:You don't need to wee in 4 hours? You dehydrate yourself you get a blood clot. Peasant.

Good lord, the only person I know who says “wee” was my grandmother, who would be 114 if she were still alive.

Wee is commonly used in certain parts of the English-speaking world. I use wee, because I lived as a child in the UK.

In that case your use of “peasant” is even more offensive, because in your moldering little country that clings the notion of its superiority due to its past murderous colonial glory, people still really believe in the class system.

I wasn't the one who wrote that post, BTW. Just wanted to explain the "wee". Also, I very much appreciated that poster's use of the word "peasant". Hilarious. We'd get along famously

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I would just act dumb. You have your seat number printed on your ticket - that's the end of the discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

I haven't seen any responses aware of the medical request form and all those reasons?

Could you be any more stupid? Of course they can change your seat for a thousand reasons including they just want to, if you read the fine print.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

I haven't seen any responses aware of the medical request form and all those reasons?

Could you be any more stupid? Of course they can change your seat for a thousand reasons including they just want to, if you read the fine print.

Also, the fact that you “wouldn’t been upset before” says a lot about you as a person. Not a nice one.

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

I haven't seen any responses aware of the medical request form and all those reasons?

DP but I think PP was saying that everyone is aware that airlines can and do change seat assignments for a variety of reasons, including accommodating families who need to sit together (I know people hate this but if someone books a flight with a young child and there are no seats available next to each other, most airlines will try to accommodate that, as it is not in anyone’s best interests to have a toddler separated from their parent), and including aircraft changes which mean some seats don’t exist anymore. It’s not that big a deal!

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

Everyone is aware. You sound dumber and dumber the more you post.

I haven't seen any responses aware of the medical request form and all those reasons?

Could you be any more stupid? Of course they can change your seat for a thousand reasons including they just want to, if you read the fine print.

Also, the fact that you “wouldn’t been upset before” says a lot about you as a person. Not a nice one.

Actually if you read back, i would be upset but now i know more and won't judge

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Anonymous wrote:If the seat number is on your ticket, there is nothing any passenger can say about it. Just show the ticket. End of story.

Also, in that configuration, a middle seat person doesn't have to move for anyone except themselves.

Also, wherever you are, you'd better hold it in if you don't want to move and go to the bathroom.

You don't sound mentally with it, OP.

Just not smart. The whole question and starting of this thread is pointless, so I'm guessing they don't fly much or have any experience flying first class since moving seats in this scenario was completely senseless.

We fly business or first all the time this is a new configuration for us and with the recent back injury from skiing we asked the agent chat what to do.

Okay I think I get it now. The doctor didn't realize they had an option for lie flat seats, so assumed the best option for a seat with little recline was a window seat where the person with back issues could lean against the fuselage. Lie flats are pretty uncommon for domestic planes. And the agent didn't understand the nuances of different seat configurations either- this type of detail is something agents often get wrong.

OP, call United and explain, and say you are fine with moving back to your original seats. The recline and lie flat option will meet the requirement to "off load pressure from the lower back" as per the doctors note.

Since OP flies business or first all the time you'd think she would have noticed they are lay flat seats. She's just dim.

This is why OP is a troll. Claiming to have experience flying in first/business but refusing to answer any questions about the ability to lie flat or inability to lean against the window.

So I think you are missing the point of my question, it wasn't to focus on the seat arrangement, it was to suggest how to respond to other people asking for my seat or switching back, is this something I have to do on my own, or is this the responsibility of the airlines? I have concluded that I don't have to give any background to anyone about switching seats, as they won't know I asked for the medical accommodation and refer to the ticket assignment. I've just seen a lot of angry and out of control people on tiktok lose their cool flying and freaking out but i guess if that happens I'll have the flight attendant deal with it.

Also, I’ve never needed to do this before. I always pick my seat. I was chatting with the agent about my spouse’s medical issue and asked what we could do, their suggestion was to submit a request through their website. If you look at this page, you will find dozens of ways they can accommodate needs: https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/accessibility-and-assistance.html. Honestly, I had no idea. Unfortunately, airlines don’t inform customers up front that their seats may be changed to accommodate passengers with medical issues or disabilities. Now that I know, I don’t expect my future seat assignments to be locked in, but if I hadn’t known, I would’ve been upset. From the responses on here, it seems that no one is aware of this?

OP, you are completely missing the point. However the topic of seat change came up, why would you even submit any request knowing that 1. you husband cannot lean against a window, 2. the seat can be made into a bed and 3. he would not have to move for anyone to get by him? You claim to be a frequent passenger in first/business. Can you finally explain?