I am flat out flabbergasted by the number of people who are blaming the OP and saying "well if *I* was in that situation..." - no matter whether you think the OP did the right or the wrong thing, in his position why would you ever want to accept being screwed out of a better seat? Shouldn't you focus your disapproval on how a guaranteed seat was taken away from someone instead of hating on the OP that he didn't pay full price for his seat? Wow, just wow.