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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I usually fly Southwest, where families have every opportunity to[b] pay a bit more[/b] to choose whatever seats they want. Inevitably, there is some family that doesn't and then wants everyone to move around so they can sit together.

I was once asked to move from my aisle seat to the middle seat in the same row so the dad could sit on the aisle across from the mom and two kids. I said no. They were pissed. The mom tried twice to get the flight attendant to make me move. Fortunately, he wouldn't.

The minute the plane took off, the dad fell asleep.[/quote]

That's lame - because the child wasn't sitting alone.  The child was sitting with the mom.  I agree in this case that you weren't obliged to move your seat.   But the paying a bit more is actually a lot more.  I am a single mom and single income -- and to me its expensive to pay the extra fee.  I was lucky my daughter and I were never separated, but I hope if we were - someone would have moved.  We would happily have taken a middle seat and aisle though.   I would never ask someone to move to the middle seat....  [/quote]

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