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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://moneyland.time.com/2012/05/31/hey-airlines-do-you-really-want-to-split-families-up-on-planes-really/?hpt=hp_t2

We fly a couple times a year as a family of 4.  I never pay extra to choose my seats and we have always been given seats together.  While I understand its a possibility, I cant fathom a situation in which a 3 y.o. would be 5 rows away from a parent, next to strangers.  Has this ever happened to anyone or is it one of those hypothetical arguments?[/quote]

I flew with my then 2.5, 8 and 11 year olds two years ago.  I booked all of our seats together.  Yet, when we arrived at the airport, the airline had moved our seats so that one kid was five rows behind me and another three rows behind me.  The other was with me.  The person who had the aisle seat next to me would not switch seats with either of my kids.  When the flight attendant asked if anyone would be willing to move, no one did.  Eventually the people who were in the last two rows of the plane figures out how to reorganize their party and I got the last row with my kids - once we were in the air, the little one sat on my lap and the other two were in the seats.  It worked out but it was not an easy or pleasant experience.[/quote]

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