Mrs. ftnoob recently took a VDB on an oversold flight so that an unaccompanied minor could be accommodated. After receiving her voucher, however, she noticed multiple PA pleas for two "missing" pax to board her flight. (Turns out they were non-English speaking persons who were known to have arrived via SWA for a connection to her flight.) When the missing pax could not be conjured, Mrs. ftnoob was able to board the flight, only to find herself being directed to an exit row seat. As an exit row-a-phobe she responded negatively when asked whether she was OK with that seat. Whereupon...an FA offered a drink comp as solicitation for someone to move to the exit row. Some, um, "saint" generously gave up his "middle between an un-united couple" and "endured" the free drink and exit row seat for the 3-hour non-stop flight.

Cue the violins.

I suppose this has happened before, and been reported here before. I rue that we no longer have an active curbcrusher to almost instantly provide the prior discussion link(s)...

[Yeah, I know the math doesn't add up. Mrs. ftnoob was told there was another empty seat that could not be occupied. My best guess is CoS, but if that's the case there should have been one more unclaimed seat, given they were trying to locate two missing connecting pax. That's all the info we have, sorry.]