Originally Posted by
travisc
Out of curiosity, why would asking to be offloaded be an incentive for the crew to give you what you want? Is it because of the delay involved in off-loading your luggage, or are there some other implications?
It isn't a case of "giving you what you want". Its a case of following the procedures that they should have in the first place. They know that if you actually did offload, the incident would escalate to various superiors who would then question why they didn't enforce the correct seating protocol to begin with.