Who would you give up your seat for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have a coveted seat on a plane — business or first class, maybe. Or a row with extra leg room. Maybe you paid for it, maybe you didn’t. Who would you agree/volunteer to switch with:

1) Parent with toddler who aren’t seated together?
2) Newlyweds
3) Parent with teens not seated together
4) Two young teen siblings traveling together without parents but seated separately
5) Service member in uniform
6) Elderly couple not seated together
7) Obvious combat veteran/young (like a War on Terror vet). Wearing of a hat advertising their service makes it obvious.
8) Obvious combat veteran/elderly (like a Korean War vet).

We all should if elderly, disabled, sick or pregnant has to travel standing up and suffer but why if they've other options?

[Anonymous]

The airlines need to start paying people to move their seats. I think $200.00 sounds fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of those. They all had an opportunity to get a better/convenient seat. They didn’t take it? Not my problem.

Mostly, but not always. Ever had a flight delayed so you miss a connection and then put on another flight? Or a flight cancelled and you’re put on another flight? Those are situations we had last year and although we paid to have seats together on our original flights, we ended up with 4 random (middle) seats on the new flights. However, the airlines managed to put us together in pairs before we boarded on both occasions so we didn’t need to ask anyone.

Then tough luck. Sheesh, people learn to be more resilient.

I will say, however, there is one *one* situation where I would change seats and that would be if one of a pair of travelers was clearly the nurse/caretaker for the other. I'm talking about someone with Parkinsons, for example. But a typical family? Nope, sorry, nada, zip, unless airline compensates me generously. Your family isn't special.

You don't think a parent with a toddler counts as a caretaker? I generally wouldn't switch unless for a better seat but it seems a toddler needs at least as much care as a Parkinsons patient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd only agree to change for an equivalent seat. Otherwise none. None of these people are more special than me.

This

[Anonymous]

I agree with a op that says airlines should compensate people for moving, and should do it before boarding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with a op that says airlines should compensate people for moving, and should do it before boarding.

This honestly. Just like they do with overbooked flights, they should ask people to switch prior to boarding and offer recompense if people don’t volunteer. Especially if the messed up seating is due ton the fault of the airline b/c they swapped out the planes or bumped people from their booked flight.

[Anonymous]

Surprised by the harsh comments here.

I readily give up a seat to let people travel together.

[Anonymous]

Only a better seat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way I'm switching is if you offer something much better than what I have (you want my economy seat and are offering a first class seat.) Otherwise, no. As the PP said, no one on that list is anymore special than me.

Not even the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with a op that says airlines should compensate people for moving, and should do it before boarding.

Even when it’s not a worse seat, say, 10C aisle to 10D aisle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The airlines need to start paying people to move their seats. I think $200.00 sounds fair.

Idiotic.

[jsteele]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1146779.page

[Anonymous]

Definitely need another 22 page thread to get started on the same subject.