How do people feel about even-trading plane seats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taboo according to whom? Who is keeping such a detailed rule book.

If the airline fcks up our reservation and seats me away from my kids, when, yes, we paid for and selected seats together, etc.--then I just literally pull out cash and offer it to someone to make the switch. People have always declined the cash but gone ahead with the even-or-better switch. I usually buy them a drink later.

This mostly has happened b/c I am a frequent flier so they auto-upgrade me sometimes from my selected seat, seating me in a "better" seat, but away from my wife and kids.

It's surprising to me that you offer cash

I literally pull a $20 out of my wallet and have it in my hand. I don't shove it in someone's face or anything. But I know it's an inconvenience, and I genuinely ask a bit apologetically. And it's not like I offer them $20 as "payment" but just something like. "Hey, I'm sorry to even ask, and I understand if you're not interested, but is there any way you'd be willing to switch seats with me so I could sit closer to my children? And I'd like to give you 20 bucks to cover some drinks on me."

I guess I haven't encountered the "super nesters" above yet, but the ordinary people I've encountered have all acted like THIS IS NO BIG DEAL. They also actually understand that unless I'm obsessively checking our seat assignments for my family of 7, that the airlines fcks sht up all the time.

Yeah, if you travel only solo or with one or two other people, you're not going to notice. But larger families or groups see this happen all the time, even when we've paid for seats from the outset.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last week I flew cross country and had a middle seat. A couple came and they had the aisle and window seats on either side of me. They said they book that way in hopes the middle seat is not taken. They offered to trade me the middle for the aisle and I sure as hell took them up on the offer! But otherwise, I wouldn’t trade aisle for window, not with my bladder.

I refuse to switch with the absolute A-holes who do this. They make so much harder for people who actually want to sit together to find seats together.

F—k them. I keep my middle seat every time.

Please explain? Because the math is not mathing.

Whenever i try to book a flight lately with my family, i encounter planes for which literally the only empty seats are middle seats. Therefore it is impossible for me to find even two seats together despite a willingness to pay and what (to me) is a perfectly reasonable timeline for booking flights.

Now, i understand first-come, first served and i am not complaining. It the flight happens to have been filled by a bunch of singletons or people who otherwise don’t want to sit next to someone, fine, I’ll deal.

But it makes my blood boil when people do it deliberately in effort to game the system. I repeat, F—k them. I carefully selected my middle seat out of the dozens of middle seats and I’m keeping it.

DP

Suppose the couple books an aisle and middle. This leaves the window. You still aren't getting "two seats together" under this arrangement either. The only possibility is passengers booking middle and windows, leaving two aisle adjacent seats in the same row.

So F—k anyone who books aisle seats. Except PP.

There is the possibility of aisle-aisle adjacent seats, dimwit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of ya'll need to drive to your destinations.

"I tried to book a car large enough for my family but they agency was sold out. It's unfair. I'm entitled to that car. Also the people who booked my car are rapists because 1+1"

“I booked a car large enough for my family, but when I arrived at the counter the agency had given out all of the large cars and offered me a motorcycle instead. Then the person behind me in line told me to go f—k myself and that I should have planned better…”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last week I flew cross country and had a middle seat. A couple came and they had the aisle and window seats on either side of me. They said they book that way in hopes the middle seat is not taken. They offered to trade me the middle for the aisle and I sure as hell took them up on the offer! But otherwise, I wouldn’t trade aisle for window, not with my bladder.

I refuse to switch with the absolute A-holes who do this. They make so much harder for people who actually want to sit together to find seats together.

F—k them. I keep my middle seat every time.

Please explain? Because the math is not mathing.

Whenever i try to book a flight lately with my family, i encounter planes for which literally the only empty seats are middle seats. Therefore it is impossible for me to find even two seats together despite a willingness to pay and what (to me) is a perfectly reasonable timeline for booking flights.

Now, i understand first-come, first served and i am not complaining. It the flight happens to have been filled by a bunch of singletons or people who otherwise don’t want to sit next to someone, fine, I’ll deal.

But it makes my blood boil when people do it deliberately in effort to game the system. I repeat, F—k them. I carefully selected my middle seat out of the dozens of middle seats and I’m keeping it.

DP

Suppose the couple books an aisle and middle. This leaves the window. You still aren't getting "two seats together" under this arrangement either. The only possibility is passengers booking middle and windows, leaving two aisle adjacent seats in the same row.

So F—k anyone who books aisle seats. Except PP.

There is the possibility of aisle-aisle adjacent seats, dimwit.

I mentioned this arrangement in the post you quoted: "leaving two aisle adjacent seats in the same row".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last week I flew cross country and had a middle seat. A couple came and they had the aisle and window seats on either side of me. They said they book that way in hopes the middle seat is not taken. They offered to trade me the middle for the aisle and I sure as hell took them up on the offer! But otherwise, I wouldn’t trade aisle for window, not with my bladder.

I refuse to switch with the absolute A-holes who do this. They make so much harder for people who actually want to sit together to find seats together.

F—k them. I keep my middle seat every time.

Please explain? Because the math is not mathing.

Whenever i try to book a flight lately with my family, i encounter planes for which literally the only empty seats are middle seats. Therefore it is impossible for me to find even two seats together despite a willingness to pay and what (to me) is a perfectly reasonable timeline for booking flights.

Now, i understand first-come, first served and i am not complaining. It the flight happens to have been filled by a bunch of singletons or people who otherwise don’t want to sit next to someone, fine, I’ll deal.

But it makes my blood boil when people do it deliberately in effort to game the system. I repeat, F—k them. I carefully selected my middle seat out of the dozens of middle seats and I’m keeping it.

Stop planning so last minute. Early bird gets the worm.

[Anonymous]

We fly a lot and have never had this happen (family of 5). People are making me worry about our upcoming trip lol.

I have had to separate from my kids because we had to change flights last minute, or were on Southwest. Only one time did I ask for someone to move because my youngest was 7, and there weren’t any seats near each other. A young adult went to sit in an exit row, so we could sit together and I hope it was win-win.

I do think this is mostly the airlines’ fault, but entitled people definitely make it worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We fly a lot and have never had this happen (family of 5). People are making me worry about our upcoming trip lol.

I have had to separate from my kids because we had to change flights last minute, or were on Southwest. Only one time did I ask for someone to move because my youngest was 7, and there weren’t any seats near each other. A young adult went to sit in an exit row, so we could sit together and I hope it was win-win.

I do think this is mostly the airlines’ fault, but entitled people definitely make it worse.

It seems less likely to happen if you book everyone under the same reservation. Our worst experiences are when, for instance, my 16-year-old and I were booked together and my wife and the other children were booked together. In this scenario, that's two reservations but we executed them within minutes of each other and selected all seats together.

Well the airline in their infinite wisdom:
-moved my 16-year-old
-"upgraded" me to a different location
-kept my wife and 4 other children together

So that's 3 locations on one airplane. This is 7 people with the same last name who all booked to sit together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of ya'll need to drive to your destinations.

"I tried to book a car large enough for my family but they agency was sold out. It's unfair. I'm entitled to that car. Also the people who booked my car are rapists because 1+1"

“I booked a car large enough for my family, but when I arrived at the counter the agency had given out all of the large cars and offered me a motorcycle instead. Then the person behind me in line told me to go f—k myself and that I should have planned better…”

A more apt analogy would be 2 separate cars, enough to accommodate all family members.

Also, they would need to provide you two chauffeurs. Because when you travel a parent needs to be siting in the seat next to the child.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of ya'll need to drive to your destinations.

"I tried to book a car large enough for my family but they agency was sold out. It's unfair. I'm entitled to that car. Also the people who booked my car are rapists because 1+1"

“I booked a car large enough for my family, but when I arrived at the counter the agency had given out all of the large cars and offered me a motorcycle instead. Then the person behind me in line told me to go f—k myself and that I should have planned better…”

This. I book far in advance because I usually use points and always select seats. I’d say at least 1/4 of the time something happens where I lose those seats through something out of my control. These people who say it does not actually ever happen are adorable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of ya'll need to drive to your destinations.

"I tried to book a car large enough for my family but they agency was sold out. It's unfair. I'm entitled to that car. Also the people who booked my car are rapists because 1+1"

“I booked a car large enough for my family, but when I arrived at the counter the agency had given out all of the large cars and offered me a motorcycle instead. Then the person behind me in line told me to go f—k myself and that I should have planned better…”

This. I book far in advance because I usually use points and always select seats. I’d say at least 1/4 of the time something happens where I lose those seats through something out of my control. These people who say it does not actually ever happen are adorable.

No, you asked the guy behind you for his car without any regards for his needs and then called him a jerk for not just caving in to your demands. Maybe it looked like 1 guy but he was on his way to pick up other family and friends. The guy behind you is minding his business until you involve him and decide he is the solution to your problem.

[Anonymous]

I've had weird stuff happen because my spouse has high points status. One time they upgraded him and despite us calling, talking to the desk and gate, they would not un-upgrade him and our whole seating gets messed up. Now we generally have had some ease trading for the upgraded seat but sometimes there's another full family in the row, so they can't switch someone up front either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We fly a lot and have never had this happen (family of 5). People are making me worry about our upcoming trip lol.

I have had to separate from my kids because we had to change flights last minute, or were on Southwest. Only one time did I ask for someone to move because my youngest was 7, and there weren’t any seats near each other. A young adult went to sit in an exit row, so we could sit together and I hope it was win-win.

I do think this is mostly the airlines’ fault, but entitled people definitely make it worse.

It seems less likely to happen if you book everyone under the same reservation. Our worst experiences are when, for instance, my 16-year-old and I were booked together and my wife and the other children were booked together. In this scenario, that's two reservations but we executed them within minutes of each other and selected all seats together.

Well the airline in their infinite wisdom:
-moved my 16-year-old
-"upgraded" me to a different location
-kept my wife and 4 other children together

So that's 3 locations on one airplane. This is 7 people with the same last name who all booked to sit together.

It’s not realistic to expect 7 people to sit together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We fly a lot and have never had this happen (family of 5). People are making me worry about our upcoming trip lol.

I have had to separate from my kids because we had to change flights last minute, or were on Southwest. Only one time did I ask for someone to move because my youngest was 7, and there weren’t any seats near each other. A young adult went to sit in an exit row, so we could sit together and I hope it was win-win.

I do think this is mostly the airlines’ fault, but entitled people definitely make it worse.

It seems less likely to happen if you book everyone under the same reservation. Our worst experiences are when, for instance, my 16-year-old and I were booked together and my wife and the other children were booked together. In this scenario, that's two reservations but we executed them within minutes of each other and selected all seats together.

Well the airline in their infinite wisdom:
-moved my 16-year-old
-"upgraded" me to a different location
-kept my wife and 4 other children together

So that's 3 locations on one airplane. This is 7 people with the same last name who all booked to sit together.

It’s not realistic to expect 7 people to sit together.

Crazy take.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Once I am seated down and settled in I generally will not want to relocate, better seat or not.

"Settled in"? What, did you have to build a nest? You freaking sat down, with one item in your hands.

First of all, calm down. Second, I would have put my carry-on and medical device in the bulkhead above my seat area. The medical device is $$$$ so I would want it stored close to where I am seating. Third, once seated I would have "settled" in like most people, opening my laptop, placing my bag, all the things. Fourth, you sound like a jerk so the next time someone asks me to switch seats on a plane I will decline and mentally dedicate it to you

It's pretty dumb to be hauling out your laptop during boarding, as you'll just have to stow it during takeoff. And if you're in any seat other than the window, you'll have to get up to let others into your row. I hate the people who heave a sigh, like it's such an inconvenience for them to let me into my seat, they are such important people doing such important work on their laptop. Biotch, you're in economy just like me! You're not important!

I always, and I mean always, book a window seat. So it is your post that is "dumb" "Biotch"
Oh, and grow up PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of ya'll need to drive to your destinations.

perfect response!