Placed in Jumpseart on LH due to missed connection
I flew last month to ATH and was rerouted through Frankfurt on LH after a weather delay caused a connection miss. What the Continental rep in New York didn't tell us was that they confirmed just one seat, for my six year old son, sent the rest of the 4 in my family on Standby. Three seats did open up and finally at the last minute they finally let me fly in the jumpseat, using the rear galley seat for takeoff and landing and the exit row seat for cruise when they served the meal. Oddly, although I was a full fare paying passenger I didn't get my meal to balance in my lap until after they ensured all the passengers occupying seats had theirs first, but I was glad to be able to fly with the family.
Nice of LH, not so nice of CO.