Anonymous
Post 04/23/2025 21:09     Subject: Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?
Does OP think that airplane seats go straight from upright to flat without stopping? Of course you can have the seat at an incline.

This is all very bizarre. Is this some kind of wish-fulfillment fantasy that someone will be bumped for them for the tragic reason of the terrible health condition that forces him to lean sideways?
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2025 20:48     Subject: Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?
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Anonymous wrote:I also booked a first class window seat because it's the only way I can sleep. You should have booked your flight earlier like I did. I paid $1,800 for my flight. I would be pissed if I was moved. You should have planned better.


Do you have a medical condition? We have never requested a seat based on medical condition and were referred to do so when we chatted with the agent. We had to submit a doctors note to the medical and disability request form.


Book earlier or change your flight- frequent flier who pays extra and books early to pick my seat!
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2025 19:44     Subject: Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you should not be traveling if it’s that serious.


This. OP, unless you are traveling for medical reasons, you DH seems like he will be too unwell to travel. You should have canceled the tickets or gone alone. Even to a wedding.

Anonymous
Post 04/23/2025 19:24     Subject: Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?
Anonymous wrote:… why wouldn’t you just book a flight that had the available seats you need? Gosh it’s so frustrating to have done everything “right” as a pax, and someone else who failed to plan properly messes up your plans. Very inconsiderate.


Feel free to send a medical request for the seat you need
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2025 13:58     Subject: Airline will bump someone from their window seat up on my request for medical issue how do you handle confrontation?
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Anonymous wrote:I know it's hard to understand, OP. Let me try to help

The source you quoted, c the one you said was a law proving your point, and that you were casting shade about nobody else citing?

That's because it says the opposite of what you think it says: "any seat NOT ALREADY ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER PASSENGER." It might be a blocked seat, but the requirement is NOT actually to bump someone.


Here’s the official e‑CFR page spelling out the requirement to reassign (swap out) another passenger’s seat to meet your documented medical need:

14 CFR § 382.85(a)(1)(ii)
"However, you must assign to the passenger any seat, not already assigned to another passenger that accommodates the passenger’s needs, even if that seat is not available for assignment to the general passenger population at the time of the request."

This obligates the carrier to free up, by moving another passenger, any appropriate seat to honor your accommodation.


Not already assigned. Airlines have seats blocked off for all sorts of reasons. They may have offered them third parties to sell, may be releasing them at a later time, may be holding them back for crew or upgrade bumps. The point is the law does not require the airline to revoke someone else’s assigned seat to make way for Princess and her boomer husband.


We definitely are not boomers note how we used the chat agent. Hint under 40.


I mean under 45 but maybe someone learned something new , I know i did about the medical accomodations form and I won't be scoffing at people when they have a seat change in the future.


You are under 45? I thought you were minimum 70. I have even less respect for your intellect now, being senile was a partial excuse. What a moron.

It's hilarious how OP thinks that she is smart because she "uncovered" a basic reg that is just implementing the ADA. She's basically a lawyer now! Snort.


DP. I find your response rude and offensive. Go do something productive like taking a brisk 10 min instead of posting any more rude responses. It will give you a similar high but will be healthier for you.



This is DCUM. Go pound sand.