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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flying back to DC a week ago we had our flight canceled because of the storm.  They rebooked us through a different city, but put us in center seats all over the airplane.  We had previously paid to all sit together but we had to take the rebooked flight or stay overseas until after the storm.  There were no other seats or flights.  I have two small kids, 5 and 8 yo.  It was a a 5 hour long international flight.  The gate agent said she had no way of seating us together so we'd have to ask on the plane.

What exactly should I have done differently?[/quote]

Nothing, some times you can't get your way.[/quote]
Absolutely nothing other than suck it up and let the flight depart on time. If you’re not capable of that, then you’ll need to rebook a different flight. 
I was coming back from Paris w/ 3 of my kids. We were in business. Flight cancelled and we were put on a flight where all that was left were random middle coach seats. To make it worse, we were about 40 minutes into the flight and they announced they did not have catering (other than beverages) for coach. Was it fairly miserable? Yes. Did we survive? Yes. Unless you’re flying private, you need to roll w/ the punches. I never would have thought about guilt tripping someone to switch seats. If your child is old enough to be at school without you, they’re old enough to fly not seated next to you. I understand there are special circumstances, but then you just suck it up and rebook later. One of my children is special needs, so if we ever get bumped with her, we have to decline the rebooking. [/quote]

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