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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If the airline cancels my 10 am flight (also not my fault!) and the next flight with seats together isn't until 9pm, but there's a 2pm flight with only middle seats, you'd better believe I'm jumping on that 2pm flight and asking quite nicely to switch seats (and am happy to buy whoever does a drink). I'm not going to keep my 2 young kids up until midnight because an earlier flight with available seats doesn't have them all together. I agree that some people can be entitled and clueless about the convenience of others, but I'm also going to act in my family's best interest. With apologies.[/quote]

This is wrong and the airline should not allow you to book onto the 2pm flight with kids under five. Your kids will survive being up late. I've had young kids on later flights. Does it suck for the parents? Yes. Did the kids get their normal uninterrupted good night sleep in a comfy bed? No. They were just fine in the end. You act as if its the end of the world if your kids stay up late and make your travel experience uncomfortable.

It is a big inconvenience to ask two other people to give up their window and aisle seats so you can avoid inconvenience. You're trying to make it sound like nothing but a middle seat on a long flight scrunched between adults is just as painful as keeping your kids up late. The two people adjacent to your middle seat are not going to hop right up for you and say cheers. You will end up begging for volunteers across the plan and several people have to re-arrange. They end up being separated from where they stowed their carry on and can't get off the plane until the line is out and they can back track. I doubt they want your drink. [/quote]

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