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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to be prepared t split up.  While I hope someone has sympathy and will help you out, you aren't entitled to seats together unless you book them that way.  Next time, I'd call the airline directly or find another flight.[/quote]

This is the response I expected on DCUM (not the other responses).  It's the attitude I hear about more and more often when people talk about traveling.  "It's not my responsibility to be put out because you couldn't be bothered to book your flight properly.  Leave me alone.  Also, make sure your child doesn't bother me."  You can debate whether or not this attitude is justified, or practical, or why people take this approach (probably airline policies are driving it).  I don't have any advice except to be ready for this.  [/quote]

But why should people who paid for seat choice and/or booked earlier bail you out because of your poor planning? Your issue is with the airlines, not passengers who have followed their stated policies.[/quote]

I'm PP you quoted.  I agree with you that passengers are pitted against each other, and that those who have desirable seats have multiple reasons not to want to give them up to a stranger at the last minute before takeoff.  It's even worse than you described.  Increasingly, "paying for seat choice and/or booking earlier" are options reserved for airlines' high status and frequent fliers.  If the trend continues, OP and other families will need to choose an airline and fly it all the time, to guarantee seat choice options.  Not everyone is in a position to do that.[/quote]

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