Anonymous
01/13/2025 22:40
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every time I have needed to ask a stranger to switch seats so I can sit next to my kids, it has 100% been because the airline switched our seats (I'm looking at Delta, who has done this 3 times over the last 10 years, I always pay to pick my seats). This has even happened when we flew business class.
Now my kids are old enough that if we got reassigned we would just roll with it, but once it was when my son was 18 months old. It was insane.
I travel a few times a month and have never had my reserved seat changed. Do you get to the gate and the desk agent moves you? How does this happen?
This is PP you are responding to. Once it was at the gate, it was our turn to board, I scanned our boarding pass and the agent announced “oh, you’ve been reassigned” and then it printed out 4 new boarding passes. We immediately complained and she said we had to take it up with flight attendants. So we went down to the plane and told them what happened and they didn’t care nor would they help us. Told us to ask passengers ourselves. It was awful.
Other 2 times were international flights coming back to the US so we had to check in at the counter. And we were told we had been bumped. We usually get to the airport 4 hours before a flight. It was BS. We had business class seats. We were told we could take the flight but only in economy and no one could sit by each other. F Delta.
Be glad this has never happened to you. Just because it happens has no bearing on stories of it happening to many other people under various circumstances. It happens all the time.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 22:19
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
I have anxiety when it comes to flying, and I have a very small bladder. I always pay more for an aisle seat for those reasons. The anxiety makes me uncomfortable asking other passengers to move for me to get up to use the restroom if I’m stuck in a middle seat or window. I’ve passed on opportunities to hop on earlier flights because there were no aisle seats available. Unless someone wants to trade me for another aisle there’s no way I’m switching.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 22:15
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:No. I will not change my seat because you want to sit next your spouse or kids. It isn't my problem you can't sit together.
I also booked special meals I picked or the flight, so get it through your stupidly thick skulls that even if we switched seats, it causes even more problems when people have pre-specified meal picks. And no, I'd never, ever in a million years give up my aisle or window seat for a worse middle seat.
Why do so many morons insist with sitting next to family members if they can't book next to each other? It's a flight. They're not going anywhere and you'll be fine for a few hours. Requesters for switching seats cause so many stupidly awkward situations and can cause even more problems when other passengers may have specific meals or bought items on shops they have to locate your seat in order to deliver to you. Just sit in your own damn seat people and shut up.
You sound like a really fun travel partner
Anonymous
01/13/2025 22:07
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Because airlines treat their customers like dog shit and then pit them against each other
+100
Why get mad at other passengers? Get mad at airline CEOs and CFOs.
This is exactly it! The airlines suck! It is their fault for separating families. They nickel and dime the consumer every opportunity they get.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 22:02
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DD was placed in the last row of the plane/middle seat. She did not pay extra for seat selection so she had no options and headed to her seat (overseas flight). Turns out the aisle and window people were married and offered her the aisle. Since they were literally right at the rest room DD did not want to sit any closer to the people waiting or restroom smells than needed. She declined. They were annoyed. They gambles that they might end up with an empty seat between them and lost!
This happened to me too, except I was not near the restroom. The couple pretended at first not to know each other but eventually gave that up. It was really weird to be stuck between them. They did not ask me to move because they wanted to keep their window and aisle seats, so I was stuck between a couple sometimes talking to each other…
Happened to my DH too. The couple preferred window and isle so DH sat between them and I sat in row behind DH. It was fine. The nice couple kept giving him candy and they had some lovely chats. They passed a few treats back to me as well.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:59
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
You can book your flights six months out or six hours out and the airlines can still change equipment to a different seat configuration and then all your careful selection of the most speshul seat in the plane for your speshul self is out the window.
I have a young child with SN and so we book well in advance and select seats whenever we can, but yeah when I was flying with my family to see a dying relative I didn’t get that option and I told the airline to sort it out. They did, and promptly, because the risk of an ADA suit or cell phone video of a three year old screaming for her parents wasn’t worth it to them.
Your complaint is with the airlines. It’s a win for them that you blame your fellow passengers. See also: all debate about seats reclining.
I have a young child with SN and so we book well in advance and select seats whenever we can, but yeah when I was flying with my family to see a dying relative I didn’t get that option and I told the airline to sort it out. They did, and promptly, because the risk of an ADA suit or cell phone video of a three year old screaming for her parents wasn’t worth it to them.
Your complaint is with the airlines. It’s a win for them that you blame your fellow passengers. See also: all debate about seats reclining.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:53
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Because airlines treat their customers like dog shit and then pit them against each other
+100
Why get mad at other passengers? Get mad at airline CEOs and CFOs.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:52
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:DD was placed in the last row of the plane/middle seat. She did not pay extra for seat selection so she had no options and headed to her seat (overseas flight). Turns out the aisle and window people were married and offered her the aisle. Since they were literally right at the rest room DD did not want to sit any closer to the people waiting or restroom smells than needed. She declined. They were annoyed. They gambles that they might end up with an empty seat between them and lost!
This happened to me too, except I was not near the restroom. The couple pretended at first not to know each other but eventually gave that up. It was really weird to be stuck between them. They did not ask me to move because they wanted to keep their window and aisle seats, so I was stuck between a couple sometimes talking to each other…
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:46
Subject: Re:Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:A lot of people aren't willing to pay the extra fees when they book to choose their seats. Families mistakenly believe the airline will seat them together. I am a parent; if I can't afford to pay the fees to select my seat so my child sits next to me, I'm not going. I don't understand why your lack of planning should become my issue. Yes, I get the argument to have a little compassion, but I have seen too many parents get upset when they didn't pay to pick seats and the airline split them up from their children.
I love how OP blames the passengers instead of the airlines that cause this issue in the first place.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:41
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't mind as long as it is a switch to an aisle and in the same section of the plane. Sometimes a flight gets cancelled and you have to take whatever is left and that can mean separating couples and families that bought tickets together on the previous flight.
Who cares. You'll live people. You can go a few hours apart. Good grief, where they gonna go?
Being seated away from your children is actually a safety concern you dipshits.
How? Provide citations to incidents that have actually occurred.
They don't usually let small children be seated away from their kids. The flight attendants will hold the flight until the issue is sorted out.
Why are all these people saying they've sat separated from their kids? Why didn't the flight attendants sort it out if it's so dangerous?
They told me it was up to me to trade seats with other passengers on the plane. They wouldn't help.
So it's a dangerous liability for the airline, but ultimately the passengers can decide not to do anything about it.
If it's a dangerous liability, it would not be up to the passengers.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:35
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Because airlines treat their customers like dog shit and then pit them against each other
This this a thousand times this. When will people start understanding this?
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:35
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't mind as long as it is a switch to an aisle and in the same section of the plane. Sometimes a flight gets cancelled and you have to take whatever is left and that can mean separating couples and families that bought tickets together on the previous flight.
Who cares. You'll live people. You can go a few hours apart. Good grief, where they gonna go?
Being seated away from your children is actually a safety concern you dipshits.
How? Provide citations to incidents that have actually occurred.
You know that safety briefing at the beginning of every flight about air masks dropping from the ceiling and securing your own mask before helping others. No small child is going to handle that on their own and it's totally unclear if the rando seated next to them will help them. It's repeated at the beginning of every flight.
When has this incident actually occurred. That is what I'm asking.
The airlines facing and resisting government regulation understand the difference between hypothetical and actual events. I'm not convinced DCUM understand this though.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:31
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't mind as long as it is a switch to an aisle and in the same section of the plane. Sometimes a flight gets cancelled and you have to take whatever is left and that can mean separating couples and families that bought tickets together on the previous flight.
Who cares. You'll live people. You can go a few hours apart. Good grief, where they gonna go?
Being seated away from your children is actually a safety concern you dipshits.
How? Provide citations to incidents that have actually occurred.
You want citations for every time a plane had to be evacuated?
No. I asked for citations to the statement I quoted: "Being seated away from your children is actually a safety concern you dipshits."
Citations to "every time a plane had to be evacuated" is a different thing entirely. How you made this mistake I have no idea.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:31
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't mind as long as it is a switch to an aisle and in the same section of the plane. Sometimes a flight gets cancelled and you have to take whatever is left and that can mean separating couples and families that bought tickets together on the previous flight.
Who cares. You'll live people. You can go a few hours apart. Good grief, where they gonna go?
Being seated away from your children is actually a safety concern you dipshits.
How? Provide citations to incidents that have actually occurred.
You know that safety briefing at the beginning of every flight about air masks dropping from the ceiling and securing your own mask before helping others. No small child is going to handle that on their own and it's totally unclear if the rando seated next to them will help them. It's repeated at the beginning of every flight.
Anonymous
01/13/2025 21:27
Subject: Why do so many idiots ask to switch seats on planes these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s bizarre to me how attached some people immediately become to their arbitrarily assigned (or selected) seat for a one-time flight. As if you have birth to that seat, or spent years lovingly designing it or hand-crafting it.
I assume it’s just a temporary psychotic reaction to the stress and dehumanization that is modern commercial air flight.
I have a blood clotting disorder and am under medical orders to frequently get up to avoid blood clots, and to keep my legs stretched out. There is no way I’m risking a blood clot so you can sit next to your spouse. I will rebook flights until I get an economy plus or business/first aisle seat, and I absolutely do not care what your sob story is. My life is worth more to me than your whining.
No one cares about your blot clotting sob story. Just say “no” if someone asks if you will sit in a different aisle seat that exactly the same as your aisle seat and move in with your life.
Um, yes. That is what I do. I say no, like a normal person. Why are you so weird?
You missed the critical next step which is “MOVE ON with your life”. No one’s coming for your seat.