Originally Posted by
mpattdu
How is it not acceptable, so long as the sleeping passenger was not denying another passenger their assigned seat? Luck of the draw (or careful planning) to end up with a row to yourself.
AC once downgraded 5 (or 6) paid business to economy from HKG to Toronto. Each got an empty seat next to them. I got a row of 4 to myself. The FA's new of our situtation. One asked if I would give up one of my seats during the boarding process when I was still beyond pissed (note, I was continuing on from Toronto to south america). I growled and they knew the answer was NO! After about 8 hours curled up on 3 of the seats, a guy took over one of them. It didn't bother me so I didn't say anything.
As an aside to this thread, the compensation was the difference in price + about $400 US, nothing else, not even business class food.
And the people in the AC forum thought I got compensated fairly.
But that's another story.