Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is another scenario that should be simple:

1: Customer A politely asks Customer B to accommodate a seat change.

2: Customer B, who is under no obligation to accommodate the request, decides based on the context, and either agrees or politely declines.

3: Customer A expresses gratitude for accommodation or politely accepts Customer A's denial.

Please tell me where the need is for "OUTRAGE!" in the above scenario, and why it can't be this way every time?

Because #3 doesn't happen and Customer A throws a fit about not getting their way. If it really happened that way every time, asking would not be an issue. But people are a$$holes.

Please give us the details of the many times you politely declined to switch seats on a plane and the asker threw a fit.

Many. I fly 2-3 times a month. Also, you must not be on social media. It's all over the place there.

Ah, the truth comes out. It happens often because socials say so.

Notice even though this happens “many” times PP can’t give the details of even a single instance. I’m guessing it happens many times *in their heads*, and they’re just itching for the day it actually happens to them and they can gleefully say NO!

PP. Not giving you the satisfaction of relaying all the instances in detail. I have better things to do with my time. Perhaps you could find something else to do as well. Or come back and post over and over how we're holding out on details. I absolutely am.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if people choose to not pay to select their seats, too bad for them. They get the leftover seats due to their choice. No way will I give up my aisle seat for you. For those split up due to canceled flights, address it at the gate before you board. Only 1 parent needs to be with a young child -- 5 or younger. Older children are fine by themselves. But too often, I see entire families trying to switch people around to sit together and just no. The attendants need to shut that crap down.

5 is too young. Maybe 16.

14 year olds have been molested on planes.

Many teens end up needing help with something (iPad doesn’t work, motion sickness, someone else has the snacks). If families aren’t together you end up disrupting several rows of people just with kid wrangling. And what about in the event of an emergency, the 7 year old is on their own to fend for themselves?

Minors should be placed with adults traveling together.

Yes.

That can’t be legal, such a safety hazard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:And if people choose to not pay to select their seats, too bad for them. They get the leftover seats due to their choice. No way will I give up my aisle seat for you. For those split up due to canceled flights, address it at the gate before you board. Only 1 parent needs to be with a young child -- 5 or younger. Older children are fine by themselves. But too often, I see entire families trying to switch people around to sit together and just no. The attendants need to shut that crap down.

5 is too young. Maybe 16.

14 year olds have been molested on planes.

Many teens end up needing help with something (iPad doesn’t work, motion sickness, someone else has the snacks). If families aren’t together you end up disrupting several rows of people just with kid wrangling. And what about in the event of an emergency, the 7 year old is on their own to fend for themselves?

Minors should be placed with adults traveling together.

Yes.

That can’t be legal, such a safety hazard.

Every man for himself!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would switch a middle seat for an aisle or window seat.

I would switch to help out a family, but not to a middle seat.

Common courtesy ?

Same here. I will either switch to an equal or better seat. But I’m not moving down my preference ladder to convenience someone else.

[Anonymous]

I'm so glad we only fly PRIVATE.

[Anonymous]

You can just say no, without all the other commentary. Don’t be a dick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"DP. the other passengers need to get bumped from their seat and compensated if they paid for it. It’s a passenger safety issue for small children to be separated from their parents, both in terms of sitting next to strangers and in the event of an accident where the child would be unassisted and the parent would move heaven and earth to get to the child to evacuate etc. DOT should do a regulation on this. kids under a certain age or anyone with special needs need to be seated next to caregiver."

Nope. They would have to David Dao me out of my seat if they're trying to move me from a paid better seat to another lesser seat. If people are flying with their kids and don't have seats together on a flight, work it out before hand or get another flight. Don't expect everyone else to move around for you.

They don’t have to tell you why they’re moving you don’t worry David. I’m sure they’ll refund your $36

The text of the new regulation is clear that they don’t have to move anyone with an assigned seat to accommodate this, nor do they have to offer a higher class of service.

They don’t have to. They also don’t have to tell you why your seat was reassigned. Read your terms of carriage carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This is another scenario that should be simple:

1: Customer A politely asks Customer B to accommodate a seat change.

2: Customer B, who is under no obligation to accommodate the request, decides based on the context, and either agrees or politely declines.

3: Customer A expresses gratitude for accommodation or politely accepts Customer A's denial.

Please tell me where the need is for "OUTRAGE!" in the above scenario, and why it can't be this way every time?

Because #3 doesn't happen and Customer A throws a fit about not getting their way. If it really happened that way every time, asking would not be an issue. But people are a$$holes.

Please give us the details of the many times you politely declined to switch seats on a plane and the asker threw a fit.

Many. I fly 2-3 times a month. Also, you must not be on social media. It's all over the place there.

Ah, the truth comes out. It happens often because socials say so.

Notice even though this happens “many” times PP can’t give the details of even a single instance. I’m guessing it happens many times *in their heads*, and they’re just itching for the day it actually happens to them and they can gleefully say NO!

PP. Not giving you the satisfaction of relaying all the instances in detail. I have better things to do with my time. Perhaps you could find something else to do as well. Or come back and post over and over how we're holding out on details. I absolutely am.

DP and it’s abundantly clear to all of us that the bolded isn’t true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The last two times my family wasn’t seated together it was because the airline changed the aircraft after we’d booked the tickets.
We’d done our part and paid for seats together and the gate agent was able to move us around.
Sometimes the outrage over “people were too cheap” just isn’t warranted.

But you are laying the responsibility of the airline on to other passengers and expecting their planned seats to change because yours did. Why are your plans more important than theirs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The last two times my family wasn’t seated together it was because the airline changed the aircraft after we’d booked the tickets.
We’d done our part and paid for seats together and the gate agent was able to move us around.
Sometimes the outrage over “people were too cheap” just isn’t warranted.

But you are laying the responsibility of the airline on to other passengers and expecting their planned seats to change because yours did. Why are your plans more important than theirs?

The pp you quoted said the gate agent made the changes. An employee of the airline who messed things up in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The last two times my family wasn’t seated together it was because the airline changed the aircraft after we’d booked the tickets.
We’d done our part and paid for seats together and the gate agent was able to move us around.
Sometimes the outrage over “people were too cheap” just isn’t warranted.

But you are laying the responsibility of the airline on to other passengers and expecting their planned seats to change because yours did. Why are your plans more important than theirs?

The pp you quoted said the gate agent made the changes. An employee of the airline who messed things up in the first place.

Yes, again, the PP needs to take it up with the airline. No one else needs to make up for their mistake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And if people choose to not pay to select their seats, too bad for them. They get the leftover seats due to their choice. No way will I give up my aisle seat for you. For those split up due to canceled flights, address it at the gate before you board. Only 1 parent needs to be with a young child -- 5 or younger. Older children are fine by themselves. But too often, I see entire families trying to switch people around to sit together and just no. The attendants need to shut that crap down.

5 is too young. Maybe 16.

14 year olds have been molested on planes.

Many teens end up needing help with something (iPad doesn’t work, motion sickness, someone else has the snacks). If families aren’t together you end up disrupting several rows of people just with kid wrangling. And what about in the event of an emergency, the 7 year old is on their own to fend for themselves?

Minors should be placed with adults traveling together.

Yes.

No. It needs to become a regulation that kids under a specific age have to be seated with an adult in their party. That age should be the same as whatever would be considered an unaccompanied minor.

[Anonymous]

On my last flight, I had an aisle seat and my husband had the aisle seat behind me. Next to me, sat a husband (middle seat) and his wife. Next to my husband, in the row behind, the couple sat their 2 children.

The father asked me if I wanted to sit next to my husband and if so, he would switch his middle seat for my husband’s aisle seat. No thank you.

My husband sat next to the two kids for the entire flight while I sat next to the father who drank 4 glasses of wine (domestic flight so he paid). His wife slept most of the time. Honestly, the kids were better behaved than the dad 😝

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On my last flight, I had an aisle seat and my husband had the aisle seat behind me. Next to me, sat a husband (middle seat) and his wife. Next to my husband, in the row behind, the couple sat their 2 children.

The father asked me if I wanted to sit next to my husband and if so, he would switch his middle seat for my husband’s aisle seat. No thank you.

My husband sat next to the two kids for the entire flight while I sat next to the father who drank 4 glasses of wine (domestic flight so he paid). His wife slept most of the time. Honestly, the kids were better behaved than the dad 😝

I've sat next to 2 girls probably 8 and 10ish while the parents were in the row behind. I thought it was a bit odd but they were completely fine to sit next to. They were on their Ipads most of the flight. Parents slept the entire flight. I heard them saying they were connecting from a red eye from Hawaii.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if people choose to not pay to select their seats, too bad for them. They get the leftover seats due to their choice. No way will I give up my aisle seat for you. For those split up due to canceled flights, address it at the gate before you board. Only 1 parent needs to be with a young child -- 5 or younger. Older children are fine by themselves. But too often, I see entire families trying to switch people around to sit together and just no. The attendants need to shut that crap down.

5 is too young. Maybe 16.

14 year olds have been molested on planes.

Many teens end up needing help with something (iPad doesn’t work, motion sickness, someone else has the snacks). If families aren’t together you end up disrupting several rows of people just with kid wrangling. And what about in the event of an emergency, the 7 year old is on their own to fend for themselves?

Minors should be placed with adults traveling together.

Yes.

No. It needs to become a regulation that kids under a specific age have to be seated with an adult in their party. That age should be the same as whatever would be considered an unaccompanied minor.

It seems like this will end up being worse for families when they have to fly at the last minute or flights get cancelled/changed. They may have to wait days for an appropriate flight to open up