Man Sparks Debate With Refusal to Give Up Premium Airline Seat For Traveling Family
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 6. 09. 2022
- Under what circumstances are you willing to give up or swap your airline seat?
One man has sparked an interesting debate after refusing to give up his seat to accommodate a traveling family.
According to reports, the man had paid additional for his premium seat near the front of the plane for a solo, 10-hour flight from Greece. He was approached by the family and asked if he would take their seat farther in the back so they could all sit together. He said the woman of the family made a scene when he refused and called him a bad name.
The panel debates: Should he have given up his seat?
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No, he paid extra. If you are a family traveling together you need to plan better. Why you demand something, another person paid for. I hate self entitled people.
Families deliberately do this constantly, expecting social pressure and politeness to leverage the unfortunate victim!
People who do this are scammers. I had this situation attempted on me. 1st class, front bulkhead. They were already in my seat, refused to leave the seat, had a sob story. I told him to beat it. Finally the head stewardess got involved and told me I was delaying the departure. I showed her my ticket, she told him to move to their correct seats. Real class act. I refused to sit in the rear. I am 6'8 and 350lbs, I buy the best seat to be comfortable. It took the air Marshall getting involved to move them to their seats. Never accept the deal.
As someone who travels a lot for work, this happens surprisingly often. Even worse are when these same people will come into packed airport restaurants and ask me to give up my table since I'm "just by myself" and they have a family. Like I somehow don't deserve to sit and enjoy a meal while I wait for my flight đ
"Your poor planning doesn't constitute an emergency for me"-Stewie Griffin
No he absolutely shouldnât move, heâs 100% in the right sticking where he is. The family can ask, but heâs under no obligation to accept.
I was traveling with my family of 5 on an international flight. My husband got an upgrade for everyone on his ticket, which was 4 of us. But one of my kids (teen) had flown on a separate ticket and didn't get upgraded. I sat in her seat in the back of the plane. I never even thought of asking someone in the front of the plane to switch with me. That's a nasty thing to do.
Food court, not plane. I was by myself in a four seat table. No single or double tables available, very busy lunch rush. A family of three asked me to move because there were no 4 seat tables available. I said no, but offered the other three free seats at my table. They said they wanted the table all to themselves. I repeated no, because I was there first, but again they were welcome to seat next to me. They tried to make a scene, before another couple asked if the seat were taken. I said they were free, and they immediately sat down next to me. This enraged the mom, but I pointed out that they didn't want it and the couple did. The family walked away, huffing, calling me entitled and rude. The couple had a WTF look on their faces. I just shrugged my shoulders and continued eating my lunch.
Same thing happened to me. I purchased a seat with no seat in front for the extra legroom. I am 6'5. Woman asked me to switch so she could sit next to her husband. I said no and they got mad as hell. I stood my ground and the flight attendant finally told them to sit down and drop it. If you want to sit next to your husband or wife, purchase the tickets accordingly.
No one is obligated to switch. Please do not be surprised when the world does not bow to your demands.
My husband got kicked from his seat by the airline to accommodate a family without even asking him first. When he checked in at the gate they to,d him he had been reassigned. My husband is a disabled veteran. The airline didnât care. We have never flown United ever again.
That happened to me. Girl was in my seat and said her seat is back there since she was with her family, but it was 20 rows back in the middle, so I walked back up and said you are in MY seat. She just looked at me and would not move. The father got mad, but I simply said if you said please I would have thought about it but not now. The flight attendant seemed not to care, and I told her I expect her to do her job immediately. She gave me a first-class seat instead. None of them were happy with me but I got first class for free!!!đđ
Absolutely not. Popping out a child doesnât confer special privileges, neither does carting one onto an airplane.
You can't expect passengers to give up their premium seats, especially on a long international flight.
The airlines need to do something about this. There should be no seat swapping on the plane when airlines are charging us extra cash for use to pre-reserve those seats. The haul to ask someone to switch to a lesser seat, because that person failed to plan or was cheap..is horrible and abusive and bullying behavior. Stop asking people to switch from a window to a middle seat and stop acting like an a-hole when they say no.
The family tried to get a free upgrade. That is all. The mom thought she could shame the man into compliance.
Iâm a disabled veteran and have difficulty moving. I always book an isle seat. I never give it up, ever. I donât care what YOUR problem is, but itâs all yours!
Can you imagine if you ordered a ribeye at a steakhouse and a fellow diner expected you to trade you their sirloin ?
I had this happen to me and the flight attendant shut it down for me real quick. Turkish Airlines from Dulles to Istanbul. Long overnight flight. Turkish has premium economy thats a separate section on a 757. The mother bought her own seat in premium economy and her daughters seat in standard economy then asked me to switch with her daughter. Naturally i told her no. It was a substantial price difference like $400. The flight attendant heard it and told the mom, who was standing there blocking the aisle with her kid, that she can ask the person sitting next to her child in the back if they'd like to switch. She ended up sitting in the back having paid for premium economy and the gentleman that got moved up couldnt have been happier.
I dont even talk to the passenger if they are in my seat. I go straight to staff, smile and politely ask if I have made an error with the seat numbers. They deal with it, not me. This has happened twice in my flying expeiences and the passenger gets moved with no interraction from me.