Originally Posted by
bearkatt
on a flight from ewr to hkg once, i was in a full row in y. i spotted a row with a girl sitting on the aisle with 2 empty seats beside her. she saw me eyeing the other aisle seat and told me she had paid for her seat, and the one i was eyeing with the open middle seat. i really didn't believe her but declined to challenge her on it. she had the 3 seats for the whole flight. question is, do people really pay for seats like that?
"OK...I'll sit in the unsold middle seat next to you for the next 16 hours, unless you want to offer to give me your paid window seat? By the way, I have to warn you that I am an armrest hog."