Passenger defended after refusing to give up business class plane seat for economy

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A traveller was prepared to swap seats on a plane for a girl to sit close to her husband, till she found precisely which seat she can be ending up in.

In a latest Reddit submit shared to the “Entitled People” subreddit, the passenger shared an incident the place a girl sitting subsequent to him in business class requested him to voluntarily downgrade his seat in order that she may sit subsequent to her husband, who was seated in economy.

The Reddit poster defined that the seats have been in a two-seat centre pod configuration when the girl was sitting subsequent to him and requested to change together with her husband.

He stated sure assuming that her husband was sitting some place else in business class, at which level the girl casually revealed that her husband’s seat was really 18B — a center seat in economy.

The passenger defined that he wasn’t shifting to the again when the girl tried to persuade him that he ought to. “You can’t seriously expect me to swap a pod for a MIDDLE seat at the back of the bus. Are you kidding me?” he recalled saying to the girl within the Reddit submit, considering the whole interplay was some sort of prank.

“It’s not such a big difference. And it’s their bulkhead row so there’s plenty of legroom,” the girl allegedly replied.

According to the Reddit submit, the girl was initially seated in economy however was provided a free improve being beneath the impression that somebody can be prepared to swap to get her husband upgraded as nicely.

His remaining provide was to get another person in business class to change seats together with her husband and he would take that particular person’s seat, however wouldn’t be making the change himself.

“But I think you have two choices… sit apart, or sit together back there. I’m sure whoever is in 18C would love to sit up here. Take your old seat back and you can both sit together,” he wrote.

“They both angrily made their way back to the back, and I was half-expecting a new, confused stranger to appear, the lucky recipient of an instant upgrade… but no, she came back. According to her, 18A loved the window bulkhead and didn’t want to move. 18C had family in 18DEF and didn’t want to move either. Someone later told me that perhaps the flight attendants got involved and just told her to go to her assigned seat; no seat-swapping allowed,” the story continued.

So, the girl ended up sitting aside from her husband for the whole period of the flight.

After posting, many individuals ended up taking to the feedback to categorical how shocked they have been on the girl’s try to change seats.

“Do they really expect people to give up what they paid extra for?” one commenter requested. “The airlines should take some accountability here too. Before they upgrade someone they should ask if they are travelling with anyone. And if they see the Karen haircut ‘No upgrade for you.’”

Another commenter agreed, writing: “I would have said no immediately no questions. Why the heck would I switch out the super expensive seat I paid for ANY other seat on the plane just so she and her companion can sit together instead, and her companion gets a free seat that I paid for?”

“I especially would say heck no once the words ‘but he’s ALREADY on his way over to do the switch’ comment, and laugh in her face and ask what the heck does him being on his way to claim a seat he WON’T be getting has to do with me? I never agreed to the switch to begin with, so he has no reason to be coming back here for MY seat like it was ALREADY decided that I was going to switch just because the two of them stupidly thought otherwise before they even got around to asking me first.”