Originally Posted by
mayodave
There was girl on the flight from AMS to HKG last week denied boarding due to the fact her partner was not with her, this was at check in, she had to buy a one way biz class seat and was told it would be jump seat. She eventually got 80K which is normally used by flight crew. God knows how much she had to pay. Whole flight was fully booked in all classes.
I believe in this case, her companion was most likely a member of staff and that she herself was on a buddy pass that required her to be accompanied. Normal passengers would not be allowed to sit on jump seats! They need to be on normal seats.