Why all these stories about fliers not wanting to give up seats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If y'all want to sit together, pay for your seats next to each other.

I do sympathy for parents who did get seats together but the airline moved them. Or when your flight is cancelled and rebooked, so you’re no longer sitting together. But I mean the kind of sympathy where I say “Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry that happened. But I’m not moving.”

Last time this happened to us (and by that I mean they seated my 2 y/o by a stranger) the airline moved people at the gate. People with their boarding pass in their app didn’t know they had a new seat assignment and they were mad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate that people are feeling guilted into giving up a superior seat they usually paid extra for.
It’s the airlines fault 99% of the time. No It’s human nature to want to sit with your kids or spouse and charging extra for that privilege is asinine.

The link in OP isn’t really a superior seat, though. I don’t get being so attached to it and would have probably moved, personally.

Yes, the article says 1A is a coveted seat. Why? I get not moving from first class or not moving from an aisle to window. But if you stay in an aisle seat in first, why is 1 so much better? Is it nearest the bathroom?

It's coveted by some because you get off the plane first (most of the time, sometimes the door is the one behind you actually) and you usually get first meal choice (again not always, on some flights they move back to front). And yes it's closest to the bathroom. I don't like the first row seats actually because they usually get more light and noise from the flight attendants doing work in the galley/kitchen in front of you, as well as people going into/out of the bathroom. On some planes the first row has more foot space because there is a bigger "cut out" for your feet because there is no seat in front to shrink it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If y'all want to sit together, pay for your seats next to each other.

I do sympathy for parents who did get seats together but the airline moved them. Or when your flight is cancelled and rebooked, so you’re no longer sitting together. But I mean the kind of sympathy where I say “Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry that happened. But I’m not moving.”

+1 That’s a situation where you wait for a flight where you can be seated together.

That is often not at all possible with flights so full nowadays. You may be waiting days for a flight with an empty row for you to grab, especially on routes like this with 1 or 2 flights a day.

[Anonymous]

The airlines have created this problem by moving people and their kids when they have to be rebooked. Air travel is just gross.

[Anonymous]

It's nice to give up your seat for someone but, you did pay for and select a specific seat. You are under no obligation to give it up (unless ordered by a flight attendant)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If y'all want to sit together, pay for your seats next to each other.

I do sympathy for parents who did get seats together but the airline moved them. Or when your flight is cancelled and rebooked, so you’re no longer sitting together. But I mean the kind of sympathy where I say “Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry that happened. But I’m not moving.”

+1 That’s a situation where you wait for a flight where you can be seated together.

That is often not at all possible with flights so full nowadays. You may be waiting days for a flight with an empty row for you to grab, especially on routes like this with 1 or 2 flights a day.

Then I guess you sit apart. Or wait until the airline can put you together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If y'all want to sit together, pay for your seats next to each other.

I do sympathy for parents who did get seats together but the airline moved them. Or when your flight is cancelled and rebooked, so you’re no longer sitting together. But I mean the kind of sympathy where I say “Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry that happened. But I’m not moving.”

Last time this happened to us (and by that I mean they seated my 2 y/o by a stranger) the airline moved people at the gate. People with their boarding pass in their app didn’t know they had a new seat assignment and they were mad.

Yeah clearly I'm going to move if a kid is under like 10, no matter how much I like my seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's nice to give up your seat for someone but, you did pay for and select a specific seat. You are under no obligation to give it up (unless ordered by a flight attendant)

True but it seems like some people are just jonesing for the opportunity to say no and then share it online for clout. So weird.

I would never give up my aisle for a middle or anything like that but I also wouldn’t be so defensive of a 1A seat. It’s bizarre to me.

[Anonymous]

1. It’s outrage porn and it gets clicks.

2. Many times, people DO pay to reserve seats together but as we all know, flights get cancelled, airlines switch planes etc.

3. Instead of pointing fingers at fellow passengers, we all need to direct our frustration where it belongs - at the airlines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. It’s outrage porn and it gets clicks.

2. Many times, people DO pay to reserve seats together but as we all know, flights get cancelled, airlines switch planes etc.

3. Instead of pointing fingers at fellow passengers, we all need to direct our frustration where it belongs - at the airlines.

This!

[Anonymous]

I always pay for an aisle seat because I want it and so why would I give it away?! I am ok swapping for another aisle seat but then again if my carryon is above me and I am moved forward - I am stuck leaving last on the plane because no access to my carryon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Half the time they have teenage kids. I'm sorry, the teenage kids can sit by themselves.

Yep. A dad wanted me to switch from an aisle to a middle seat so his 13 year old could sit with him. No thanks. You chose two middle seats?!

I’m a solo tracker and a diabetic who pees often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If y'all want to sit together, pay for your seats next to each other.

I do sympathy for parents who did get seats together but the airline moved them. Or when your flight is cancelled and rebooked, so you’re no longer sitting together. But I mean the kind of sympathy where I say “Oh, that’s too bad. Sorry that happened. But I’m not moving.”

Oh, so the type of sympathy that is not sympathy, then?

[Anonymous]

There have been threads on this forum where parents advise each other not to pay extra to choose seats because the airline “has to” put you with your kids at no extra cost. You get what you pay for.

The other day I was asked to move and separate from my spouse, in a premium seat, so a dad could sit next to his kid and I said no. Then the dad got someone a row ahead of us to switch and didn’t even bring his kid up to sit next to him — he preferred to have the free open middle seat in a premium row he didn’t pay for, and left the kid next to us! Entitled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those that want to rearrange everyone are not paying extra to select the seats.

Yes, they need to pay extra.