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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still remember the first time I ever really asserted myself as an adult. I was 20 and flying back from Japan and had reserved an aisle seat. A woman asked me to switch with her 12 year old in the middle row ahead so she could sit with him. I said no because there was no way I was spending a 14 hour flight in a middle seat, especially for an older kid. If it had been a toddler, maybe. Everyone around me gave me dirty looks but I noticed no one else offered to switch either. The lady made a big scene and the flight attendant instructed me to give her my seat and then bumped me to first class. It was amazing. I flew back and forth from Japan regularly for several years and that was the only time I ever arrived feeling okay and not exhausted from the flight. But obviously wouldn't happen now with the way flights are over-subscribed.

Anyway, whatever. The man paid for the seat, he wasn't wrong. He could have been kinder if he'd wanted but that's not the same as being wrong. [/quote]

Electing to keep the seat she paid for is not her being unkind. This is not on her. [/quote]

+1000.  [/quote]

We need to start holding airlines accountable. This is ridiculous.  [/quote]

No, we need to hold buyers accountable. Don’t book basic economy and then complain you don’t like the terms of basic economy. [/quote]

+1,000,000. You are given MULTIPLE warnings about exactly this when you book basic economy. Read what you’re agreeing to before entering into a contract.[/quote]

Totally agree. Airlines want you to pay for desirable seats. The payers get to keep what they bought. Non-payers can sit in middle seats and be separated from their children. Not paying for adjacent seats in advance if trying to get something for free at the expense of those who paid. Shady.[/quote]

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