Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:47     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight recently. I was sitting in coach, in an aisle seat, in one of the rows with seats that have just a tad more leg room (they're called 'premium' or economy plus or something like that). A pregnant woman was sitting next to me. Turns out that her husband was a few rows back; for some reason they didn't have seats together. The husband, who was also in an aisle seat, said to me something like, 'excuse me, would you mind switching seats with me so that i can sit with my wife? this is her first flight pregnant.' I pointed to my legs and said apologetically, "this seat has extra leg room...." The husband said, 'oh okay' and went back to his seat. What do you think? Was it kind of jerky to me not to move? The flight was about 2 hours.


If you paid $ for it, then no. If not, then yes (but only b/c it was a 2 hr. flight; if longer than no you're not a jerk).
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:46     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
You were both.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:32     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
I recently was assigned an aisle seat on a cross-country flight. When I got to my seat, there was a college-aged girl sitting in it. I told her politely that I thought she was in my seat, and she asked if we could switch so she could sit next to her grandmother in the middle seat, who was scared of flying. She had a middle seat a few rows back. I'm 6'4", and I did not pay extra for an aisle seat. I switched, but I was kind of annoyed about it. Was I a sucker or a nice guy?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:19     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.


When you fly 100k miles for business, maybe you'll feel the same way.


The real question is, how much of this was jaunts up to NYC or maybe Chicago, and couldn't you have sacrificed even one of these little pieces.


If anything, the shorter trips make it even worse because you have to go through all that hassle just for a couple hours of flight time.


Oh, you poor baby.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:18     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Okay, you most recent posters...you need to read and understand the whole thread before posting. The DH was in a row with a couple traveling together, so there was no chance of OP moving without separating a pair. OP and DH did book seats together, and did NOT pay extra for the premium seat. Somehow their seat assignments got messed up. They did ask for seats together, but the gate told them to just ask a passenger on the plane to switch.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:11     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Meh..you could have moved if you didn't pay extra. They also could have asked for another seat together.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 21:05     Subject: Re:Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
So not a jerk. There is no reason they had to sit togethor. She probably got moved up to the premium seating because she was pregnant, so she should already feel grateful.

She could have moved back.

I'm sure the person next to her husband would have traded.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 20:53     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
13 pages for this!? Crazy.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 20:50     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.


When you fly 100k miles for business, maybe you'll feel the same way.


The real question is, how much of this was jaunts up to NYC or maybe Chicago, and couldn't you have sacrificed even one of these little pieces.


If anything, the shorter trips make it even worse because you have to go through all that hassle just for a couple hours of flight time.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 20:50     Subject: Re:Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
How is this thread 13 pages?? And why didn't the pregnant lady just move back to sit next to her husband??
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 20:41     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.


When you fly 100k miles for business, maybe you'll feel the same way.


The real question is, how much of this was jaunts up to NYC or maybe Chicago, and couldn't you have sacrificed even one of these little pieces.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 20:40     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.


When you fly 100k miles for business, maybe you'll feel the same way.


I'm the PP you're quoting. Yes, I've done that, all through Asia for business. Have you?
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 19:40     Subject: Re:Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, why didn't you offer to switch with the person seated next to your husband in the row without the extra space?


This has been covered. 3 seat row, 2 people sitting next to the husband were a couple. We done now?


No, not done. Why didn't OPs DH ask the person sitting in the window seat of Ops aisle? Why did they target aisle-man instead of window-man?


To make it an aisle-to-aisle switch, because DH was in aisle - so that the seat would be comparable.


Yeah, but if he had asked the window seat person to trade for an aisle seat, bet he could have at with his wife.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 17:40     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:The posters writing "you can have my Economy Plus seat when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands" scare me.

That is all.


When you fly 100k miles for business, maybe you'll feel the same way.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2012 17:32     Subject: Did I act like a jerk in this situation?
Anonymous wrote:I was on a flight recently. I was sitting in coach, in an aisle seat, in one of the rows with seats that have just a tad more leg room (they're called 'premium' or economy plus or something like that). A pregnant woman was sitting next to me. Turns out that her husband was a few rows back; for some reason they didn't have seats together. The husband, who was also in an aisle seat, said to me something like, 'excuse me, would you mind switching seats with me so that i can sit with my wife? this is her first flight pregnant.' I pointed to my legs and said apologetically, "this seat has extra leg room...." The husband said, 'oh okay' and went back to his seat. What do you think? Was it kind of jerky to me not to move? The flight was about 2 hours.


I don't think so because my feet were so swollen after a 3hr flight, I could barely walk.