Originally Posted by
Diogenes1789
I told the supervisor this was unacceptable, because my 85 year old mother-in law was not only physically handicapped, but would not have the mental capacity to deal with the gate agent in getting her seat re-assigned, and I could not accompany her through security to the gate.
FWIW (probably not much), you
should be able to get a gate pass to accompany your mother-in-law through security, which it sounds like you might want to do regardless of how the seating situation works out.