Originally Posted by weero

And was he? I mean this is what it all comes down to. If he manifest shows this seat being 'open' then the FAs do of course rightfully poll the passenger sitting there.

On one of my recent rides on a OW carrier, the pursers visited 3 "non white" passengers dispersed across the Biz cabin and then asked them to move to the back ... which one of the pax btw refused to do.

I saw it happen on SQ ... there the young man actually had a C boarding pass but sat in the wrong seat.

As for the perceived discrimination - here most people complain that SQ does treat Caucasians favourably over Asians ... while I perceive it as the direct opposite. I guess it isn't much more than just perception.