Originally Posted by jakexo

We got tickets in 3A / 3B Main Cabin select 3 weeks in advance. Sitting on the plane another couple walked up and asked (in English) if this was 3A / 3B and proceeded to show us their tickets with the same numbers.

Minutes later a gate agent rudely told my wife and I that we to move back to Row 12 because the people could not speak English and thus not sit in the Emergency row. Remember the part about being asked "is this Row 3A / 3B?"

Basically they got the Main Cabin Select seats late, didn't want to sit in the mid-plane location and told the gate attendant they needed to move because they did not speak English.

Yes VA policy, just get Main Cabin, refuse to sit in the Emergency row and you'll get Row 3 seating.

Luckily my wife has a steel rod in her left leg and I have a torn ACL so if we did encounter an emergency the folks in Row 3 would have put the emergency procedures in jeopardy because they wanted to sit closer to the front. So make sure you are booting healthy looking folks.

Wonder if they told the Gate Agent in English they couldn't speak English? Other best part - gate agent scribbled in pen on our ticket and tried to tell us it said row 12 the whole time. Really?