Originally Posted by
Crazyhotelguy
If I was the lady in 21B, I would have been furiated that I had to sit in a middle seat. And really, I have always felt that it was lame to call a middle seat a "preferred" seat. I would rather take an aisle in back than a middle up front.
Why be "furiated" (I think you mean "infuriated") having to sit in a middle seat when you book the day before you fly? Maybe that was the only available seat when booking so late.
If you are referring to travel companions booking aisle/window with the middle free, I have done that on occasion in the past. My niece and I traveled from JFK to HKG and neither of us wanted the middle seat, especially on such a long flight. She took the window, I took the aisle. Someone else sat between us, but that was fine with us.