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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's interesting is how everyone is attacking one another on this thread when the real villain is the airline industry.  They've brought out this nastiness by cramming everyone into too small spaces, making you pay for an inch, and switching seats of passengers even if you book them in advance so you CAN sit next to your companion (whatever reason your reason may be).

If the airline didn't just feel free to ignore people's original seat assignments, OP wouldn't have had to ask (and airlines now do this with regularity, without regard for booking together/age of passengers).  If the airlines gave everyone a reasonable (not to mention medically appropriate) amount of leg room, the man probably would have switched.

Flying has turned us all into subjects in a horrible psych experiment that should be discontinued because it's unethical.  The OP isn't a jerk and neither was the guy next to her.  [/quote]

Please get a grip. The airline industry is BLEEDING money. That's because the real cost of flying has fallen considerably.  "The inflation adjusted 1982 constant dollar yield for airlines has fallen from 12.3 cents in 1978 to 7.9 cents in 1997. This means that airline ticket prices are almost 40% lower today than they were in 1978 when the airlines were deregulated."[7]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_deregulation#cite_ref-6

If you want the same service you got 20 years ago, PAY FOR IT. Instead large carriers are going bankrupt trying to compete with the low cost airlines. The OP is exactly the same. She could have chosen to pay more for a special seat but she chose not to. [/quote]

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