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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't read the article but I have seen the issue come up on various boards.  In my opinion, being a family or traveling with kids doesn't entitle you to special treatment.  When I travel with my family I pay to pick seats, early check-in, extra space - whatever I think we might need.  If you're not willing to pay for that then you can't afford the trip.  Other travelers have also paid for those services and they don't owe you anything.[/quote]

I think the problem is often on the airline.  We have had situations where we did book early and chose seats together, but the airline switched planes at the last minute or a flight delay caused us to get bumped to a different connecting flight.  In those cases, you are not guaranteed to get seats together.  My youngest is now 4, so it won’t be a problem for us for much longer, but it is not always the family’s fault.  I only had one situation where someone wouldn’t switch with us and my then 7 year-old was able to handle sitting next to strangers for the flight since he had his iPad.  I was able to sit with my 5 and 2 year old.  I did find it weird that they guy who wouldn’t switch was willing to sit next to my two year old for the whole flight but not sit a few rows back.  Both seats were aisle seats.  I feel like he just wanted to be a jerk.  I was kind of hoping my two year-old spilled something on him, but he was actually really well behaved.  [/quote]

The seats a few rows back sometimes have less legroom. In addition, maybe he had a connecting flight and wanted to be as close to the front as possible. Also, sometimes sitting for the back can make people more plane sick. [/quote]

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