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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another mom who got NO help from the airline.  My kid was only 2 at the time.  I actually paid for the premium aisle seat, hoping it would be easier to trade for the middle seat next to my child's window..  Then the person who had the middle/aisle next to my kid's window did NOT want to switch because they would have to split up and they were a lovey-dovey couple.  I told him that I'd be three rows up, in the aisle seat and he could call me when she needed her diaper changed, and that, if her Elmo video ended, he could just hit replay and see if that kept her quiet.  The woman in the couple insisted they split up so that we could switch, and the man gave me a lot of dirty looks. 
This is why I like to fly Southwest.  The assigned seating, where the airline carves out all these seats and there's nothing available together for love or money, is really difficult when flying with kids. 
My suggestion is to beg or borrow ipads and let them play whatever videos they want, in case someone won't switch with you.[/quote]

If you approached those passengers like your wrote this post, I wouldn't want to switch seats with you, or sit next to you either.

What irks me about this post is, at the root of it, you had an expectation that the person in your prospective seat, owed you that seat.  When they balked at first, you negatively characterized them as a "lovey-dovey" couple and even said he could deal with your child because he chose not to move.

While you may not like it, that passenger is well within their rights to turn down a seat change.  Chances are, there was another window passenger who would be willing to swap into your babies seat, and a middle passenger who was flying solo who would happily take your premium aisle seat.  Instead of thinking outside the box, you approached that situation with a bad attitude.[/quote]

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