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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]last year i took lufthansa flight to franfkurt with my then 18 mo. we booked the seats with extra legroom well in advance. when we were on the plane, we were asked to take inferior seats so that some person who had a problem with his leg could take our seats. in the middle of the flight, the person with leg problem left those seats and set somewhere else, and they didn't even offer those to us! somebody else moved there. [/quote]

Why didn't you just show your ticket to the new people who sat in your seat? That would have forced them to move.

Also, never agree to switch if you don't want to. That man would have found another seat. It's his issue for not paying more to get a seat with more leg room. Totally ridiculous.[/quote]

You are right but it happened fast and I didn't think it through, it didn't occur to me at the moment to refuse (nor to approach other passengers later). I was stressed out for flying alone with the toddler, it was my first overseas flight with a kid. [/quote]

I actually flew last week from LAX to DCA. I was seated in Economy Plus (I'm platinum status) and specifically took the aisle seat with extra leg room in a two seat pod on the right side of the plane. The guy sitting next to me was a married executive and his wife was seated toward the back in normal Economy. She got pissed and super passive aggressive when I would not agree to switch seats with her. I explained my situation that I pay extra for additional leg room and that I needed the extra space so I could do work.

I could see her tremble and her upper lip quiver as she tersely said: "It is your right and your prerogative to keep your seat next to MY husband." I apologized to Hubby and he just sheepishly shrugged his shoulders. Hubby didn't seem to mind that he was separated from his DW for over 5 hours  :lol: [/quote]

Which is why he didn't volunteer to get up HIS seat to switch with whoever was sitting next to DW in the back row.

I love how the people who want to switch seats always want to switch to BETTER seats.[/quote]

Agreed and you should not have moved in your situation.  Husband should have moved.  However, you cannot compare this situation to one with kids and a family not looking for an upgrade.[/quote]

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